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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Signed Jun 14, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2021 · House May 10, 2021
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Jun 6, 2021
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
13
Amendments
3
Jun 14, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 336.
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Bernard, and Milligan.
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 19, 2021
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 18, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 12, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
upper
May 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Stewart Cathey
RRepublican
Co
Travis Johnson
DDemocratic
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