TO CLARIFY THAT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS APPLY TO ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL; AND TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK LAW TO INCLUDE OFFENSES PROSECUTED IN OTHER STATES OR BY FEDERAL COURTS.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Feb 2023
Introduced Jan 25, 2023
Signed Feb 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2023 · House Feb 1, 2023
How they voted
20–1
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 9, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 14, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that HB1251 is now Act 51
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 25, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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