CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law (Item #21)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Feb 20, 2024
Signed Mar 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2024 · House Feb 23, 2024
How they voted
29–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Feb 28, 2024
D
Democratic12
66% Nay
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-3-1).
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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