SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 24, 2020
Signed Jun 4, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2020 · House May 15, 2020
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 26, 2020
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 22.
May 27, 2020
House · Amendment offered
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 26, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 21, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 18, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
May 15, 2020
House · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 7, 2020
House · Reported by committee
Reported favorably (13-0).
Mar 9, 2020
House · Referred to committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Feb 24, 2020
House · Referred to committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
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