EXCUSING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM PARTICIPATING ON A JURY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO PERMIT CERTAIN OLDER ARKANSANS TO DECLINE JURY SERVICE.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2021 · House Feb 8, 2021
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Feb 25, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% 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
Mar 2, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1159 is now Act 222
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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