"Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act."
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2018
Committee Review
Dec 2019
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2019
Senate Passage
Dec 2019
Signed into Law
Jan 2020
Introduced May 17, 2018
Signed Jan 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Dec 16, 2019 · General Assembly Dec 16, 2019
How they voted
28–11
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Dec 16, 2019
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican14
78% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jan 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2019, c.288.
executive
Dec 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-13-5)
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (28-11)
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 24, 2019
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
May 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (48-19-9)
lower
Jun 11, 2018
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
May 17, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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