CONCERNING THE POSSESSION AND USE OF PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Signed Apr 5, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2021 · House Mar 17, 2021
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 31, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% 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
19
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Apr 5, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1597 is now Act 566
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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