Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2019
Last action Apr 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Apr 9, 2019
How they voted
114–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 116
Apr 9, 2019
D
Democratic48
100% Yea
R
Republican68
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Apr 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
Apr 15, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Leach
RRepublican
P
Morgan Meyer
RRepublican
P
RA
Rafael Anchía
DDemocratic
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