TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIBRARIES AND OBSCENE MATERIALS; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING A HARMFUL ITEM TO A MINOR; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OBSCENE MATERIALS LOANED BY A LIBRARY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Jan 19, 2023
Signed Apr 4, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 15, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 4, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB81 is now Act 372
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 13, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 19, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
P
Justin Gonzales
RRepublican
Co
Mary Bentley
RRepublican
Co
Matt Stone
RRepublican
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