CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Dec 23, 2020
Signed Mar 3, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 13, 2021 · House Feb 24, 2021
How they voted
20–8
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 35
Jan 13, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican27
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Mar 3, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB24 is now Act 250
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion passed and roll call requested
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Dec 23, 2020
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 27 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
P
Bob Ballinger
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Charles Beckham
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Crawford
RRepublican
Co
Dave Wallace
RRepublican
Co
David Ray
RRepublican
Co
Fran Cavenaugh
RRepublican
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