TO CREATE THE MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT.
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 4, 2021
Signed Mar 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2021 · House Mar 15, 2021
How they voted
27–6
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
Feb 10, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Nay
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 29, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB289 is now Act 462
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
The vote by which SB289 passed and was ordered enrolled was expunged.
upper
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 concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Mar 15, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed as amended.
upper
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 28 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brandt Smith
RRepublican
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Charles Beckham
RRepublican
Co
Clint Penzo
RRepublican
Co
Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
Co
Gary Stubblefield
RRepublican
Co
Harlan Breaux
RRepublican
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