DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Apr 1, 2021
Signed Apr 14, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2021 · House Apr 12, 2021
How they voted
22–7
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 35
Apr 7, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Apr 14, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB622 is now Act 681
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 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Objection was made - improperly reported out of committee - appeal presented to full House
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jimmy Hickey, Jr
RRepublican
P
Matthew Shepherd
RRepublican
Co
Alan Clark
RRepublican
Co
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
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