TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING A DECLARED STATE EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Dec 21, 2020
Signed Feb 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2021 · House Jan 25, 2021
How they voted
33–2
Passed
Total votes 35
Feb 1, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 2, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1056 is now Act 56
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Dec 21, 2020
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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