TO EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM INCOME TAX DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Signed Mar 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2021 · House Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Feb 4, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
11
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB236 is now Act 154
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Return from the House as passed, as amended #1
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 34 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Jett
RRepublican
P
Jonathan Dismang
RRepublican
Co
Alan Clark
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Bill Sample
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Bob Ballinger
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Charles Beckham
RRepublican
Co
Clarke Tucker
DDemocratic
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