LIABILITY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Jun 9, 2020
Signed Jul 8, 2020
Floor votes · House Jun 23, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Amendments
2
Jul 8, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 55, nays 40. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Pope, and Mizell.
upper
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 29, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 28, 2020
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
Jun 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 18, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments (14-0-1).
lower
Jun 15, 2020
Committee
Read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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