TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAWS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; TO ENSURE RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE IS USED REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; AND TO REMOVE THE TERM "HEARING IMPAIRED".
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Nov 18, 2020
Signed Feb 9, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2021 · House Jan 27, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Feb 4, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Feb 9, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1003 is now Act 84
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Nov 18, 2020
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
P
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
Jack Ladyman
RRepublican
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