TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; TO CREATE AN EXEMPTION TO THE EXAMINATION AND COPYING OF PUBLIC RECORDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 AND VOTED BALLOTS.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 5, 2021
Signed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 1, 2021 · House Apr 13, 2021
How they voted
28–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
Apr 1, 2021
D
Democratic7
71% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Apr 19, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB488 is now Act 727
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Mar 5, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 63 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
P
Mark Lowery
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bill Sample
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Brandt Smith
RRepublican
Co
Brian S. Evans
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Coleman
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Carlton Wing
RRepublican
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