TO CREATE THE WORKFORCE EXPANSION ACT OF 2021.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 19, 2021
Signed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2021 · House Apr 12, 2021
How they voted
33–2
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 18, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Apr 19, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB153 is now Act 725
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
P
David Ray
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Bob Ballinger
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Charles Beckham
RRepublican
Co
Clarke Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
Co
Dave Wallace
RRepublican
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