TO CREATE THE HIGHER EDUCATION CONSUMER GUIDE 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
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 25, 2021
Signed Apr 5, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2021 · House Mar 30, 2021
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 9, 2021
D
Democratic7
71% 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
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Apr 5, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB397 is now Act 539
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 8, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
P
Nelda Speaks
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Crawford
RRepublican
Co
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
Co
Deborah Ferguson
DDemocratic
Co
Delia Haak
RRepublican
Co
Fran Cavenaugh
RRepublican
Co
Gayla H. McKenzie
RRepublican
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