TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; AND TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO ESTABLISH AND APPOINT AN INSTITUTIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 20, 2021
Signed Apr 5, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2021 · House Mar 18, 2021
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 4, 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
26
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 5, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB159 is now Act 535
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed as amended.
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 18, 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. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lance Eads
RRepublican
P
Robin Lundstrum
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
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