CONCERNING THE IDENTIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF UNUSED AND UNNECESSARY POSITIONS FROM THE BUDGETS OF STATE AGENCIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 17, 2021
Signed Apr 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2021 · House Apr 12, 2021
How they voted
29–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 35
Apr 15, 2021
D
Democratic7
57% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 20, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1779 is now Act 796
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Wooten
RRepublican
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
Co
Kenneth B. Ferguson
DDemocratic
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