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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 31, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2023 · House Jun 5, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 32
May 8, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican22
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Jun 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
upper
Jun 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 24, 2023
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 17, 2023
Committee
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
May 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
May 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
Apr 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
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