Criminal procedure; requiring defendant be brought to court within certain amount of time; requiring counsel for defendant at initial appearance; effective date.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2019
Last action Mar 25, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2019
How they voted
80–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 86
Mar 11, 2019
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican65
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2019
Committee
Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 5
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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