Court-appointed special advocates; clarifying standards for education and background checks; removing fee requirement. Effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Feb 7, 2022
Signed May 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2022 · House Apr 26, 2022
How they voted
43–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 48
May 16, 2022
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican39
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
5
May 20, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/20/2022
upper
May 16, 2022
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1
upper
May 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
HAs adopted
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Apr 26, 2022
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Apr 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 4
lower
Apr 6, 2022
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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