AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires that any person operating or owning a dam with a storage capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water to obtain a permit from the director of the DEM to raise or lower the water level behind the dam.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Feb 8, 2022
Signed Jun 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2022
How they voted
31–3
Passed
Total votes 34
Jun 9, 2022
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 27, 2022
Signed into law
06/27/2022 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Legislature · Passed
06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
legislature
Jun 10, 2022
Committee
06/10/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources
lower
Jun 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
06/09/2022 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 1, 2022
Legislature · Passed
06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 27, 2022
Legislature · Passed
04/27/2022 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
legislature
Feb 8, 2022
Introduced
02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
upper
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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