AN ACT relating to school background checks.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 9, 2020
Signed Mar 24, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2020
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 53
Mar 12, 2020
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican35
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 24, 2020
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (50-0-3)
senate
Mar 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
posted in committee
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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