TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PETITION REQUIREMENTS TO FORM A NEW POLITICAL PARTY; TO REQUIRE SIGNATURES OF THREE PERCENT (3%) OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THE MOST RECENT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Signed Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 19, 2019
Signed into law
Notification that SB163 is now Act 164
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Filed
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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