TO AMEND THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT JUSTIFY THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE UPON ANOTHER PERSON.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 12, 2023
Signed Mar 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2023 · House Feb 21, 2023
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 7, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB59 is now Act 165
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 1, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Jan 12, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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