TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Oct 2021
House Passage
Oct 2021
Senate Passage
Oct 2021
Signed into Law
Oct 2021
Introduced Sep 30, 2021
Signed Oct 13, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Oct 6, 2021 · House Oct 5, 2021
How they voted
23–8
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 35
Oct 6, 2021
D
Democratic7
57% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican27
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Oct 13, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1977 is now Act 1113
lower
Oct 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to send HB1977 back to Senate passed
lower
Oct 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Oct 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Oct 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Oct 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Oct 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion for immediate consideration passed
lower
Oct 4, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Oct 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Sep 30, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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