TO CONSOLIDATE AGRICULTURE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TO ABOLISH CERTAIN BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 9, 2023
Signed Apr 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 30, 2023 · House Apr 5, 2023
How they voted
20–1
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 30, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Apr 11, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB403 is now Act 691
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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