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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 31, 2021
Signed Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 20, 2021 · House Apr 26, 2021
How they voted
29–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 35
Apr 20, 2021
D
Democratic7
71% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 30, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB617 is now Act 1053
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Rapert
RRepublican
P
Michelle Gray
RRepublican
Co
Brian S. Evans
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Deborah Ferguson
DDemocratic
Co
Joyce Elliott
DDemocratic
Co
Keith Ingram
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
Co
Lee Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Marsh Davis
RRepublican
Co
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
Co
Monte Hodges
DDemocratic
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