Criminal procedure, protected person defined, child under 16 a person with intellectual disability, protected person to be offered protection in criminal prosecutions for physical offenses, sexual offenses, and violent offenses, use of anatomically correct dolls or mannequins during testimony of a child under 12 or a protected person, authorized, Sec. 15-25-7 added; Sec. 15-25-33 repealed; Secs. 15-25-1, 15-25-2, 15-25-3, 15-25-5, 15-25-6, 15-25-30, 15-25-31, 15-25-32, 15-25-34, 15-25-36, 15-25-37, 15-25-38, 15-25-39 am'd.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Mar 29, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2022 · House Feb 9, 2022
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 33
Mar 17, 2022
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican25
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
8
Committee
0
Amendments
2
Mar 29, 2022
Signed into law
Assigned Act No. 2022-201.
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Concurred in Second House Amendment
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Simpson motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 726
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 679
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 678
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced
Givhan Amendment Offered
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 106
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Simpson
RRepublican
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