TO PROVIDE FOR A MARCH PRIMARY ELECTION ON YEARS IN WHICH THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE VOTED ON; AND TO AMEND THE TIME FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET IN FISCAL SESSION.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Feb 26, 2019
Signed Mar 25, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2019 · House Mar 19, 2019
How they voted
20–7
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 34
Mar 7, 2019
D
Democratic8
62% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican25
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Mar 25, 2019
Signed into law
Notification that SB445 is now Act 545
upper
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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