AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 22, 2023
Signed Jun 12, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2023
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 30, 2023
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican5
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 12, 2023
Signed into law
06/12/2023 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
06/06/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
May 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A
upper
May 23, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 27, 2023
Committee
04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Miller
DDemocratic
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