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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Mar 27, 2019
Signed Jun 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2019 · House May 30, 2019
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Apr 23, 2019
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Jun 11, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 198.
upper
May 31, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 31 yeas and 4 nays.
upper
May 30, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
upper
May 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 22, 2019
Introduced
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 21, 2019
Committee
Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
The bill, as previously amended, was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, ordered reengrossed, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 16, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
CA
Conrad Appel
RRepublican
Co
DC
Dan Claitor
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
FM
Fred Mills Jr.
RRepublican
Co
GL
Gerald Long
RRepublican
Co
HB
H. Bernard LeBas
DDemocratic
Co
JR
J. Rogers Pope
RRepublican
Co
JD
Jack Donahue
RRepublican
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