Covington Co., law enforcement, mentally ill persons, law enforcement authorized to take into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Feb 2, 2021
Signed Mar 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2021 · House Feb 10, 2021
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 32
Mar 11, 2021
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican24
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
0
Mar 16, 2021
Signed into law
Assigned Act No. 2021-136.
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Second House
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 497
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 60
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MJ
Mike Jones
RRepublican
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