Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of requiring able-bodied, childless adults to look for work in order to receive taxpayer-funded welfare benefits.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jan 2023
Senate Passage
Jan 2023
Assembly Passage
Jan 2023
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2023
Last action May 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2023 · Assembly Jan 19, 2023
How they voted
22–10
Passed
Total votes 32
Jan 17, 2023
D
Democratic10
90% Nay
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Jan 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Concurred in, Ayes 62, Noes 35
lower
Jan 19, 2023
Introduced
Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
lower
Jan 19, 2023
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Neubauer, Haywood, Subeck, Billings, Shelton, Snodgrass, Goyke, McGuire, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Myers, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Riemer, Shankland, Sinicki, Stubbs and Vining
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 1-19-2023 by Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Committee
Read and referred to committee on Rules
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Adopted, Ayes 22, Noes 10
upper
Jan 17, 2023
Introduced
Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
upper
Jan 17, 2023
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Agard, Smith, Larson, Hesselbein, Carpenter, Roys, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Taylor, Wirch and L. Johnson
upper
Jan 13, 2023
Committee
Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
upper
Jan 13, 2023
Introduced
Introduced by Senator LeMahieu;
cosponsored by Representative Vos
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Devin LeMahieu
RRepublican
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