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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 14, 2021
Signed Mar 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2021 · House Feb 2, 2021
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Feb 24, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% 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
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Mar 1, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1197 is now Act 218
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
P
Dave Wallace
RRepublican
Co
Dwight Tosh
RRepublican
Co
Lanny Fite
RRepublican
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