TO REQUIRE EARTHQUAKE SAFETY DRILLS IN CERTAIN AREAS; AND TO TRANSFER THE REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT TORNADO SAFETY DRILLS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Feb 1, 2021
Signed Mar 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2021 · House Mar 18, 2021
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 4, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% 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
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Mar 29, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB249 is now Act 422
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
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 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
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
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