"Empower Reentry Through Licensing Act"; authorize provisional driver's licenses for eligible inmates.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2021
Last action Mar 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
Feb 3, 2021
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican33
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred To Judiciary B
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Committee
Referred To Judiciary, Division B
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Daniel Sparks
RRepublican
Co
Angela Turner-Ford
DDemocratic
Co
David Blount
DDemocratic
Co
David Jordan
DDemocratic
Co
Derrick Simmons
DDemocratic
Co
John Horhn
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph Thomas
DDemocratic
Co
Sampson Jackson II
DDemocratic
Co
Sarita Simmons
DDemocratic
Co
Tammy Witherspoon
DDemocratic
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