Sexually violent predators: DNA testing.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2007
Committee Review
Jul 2007
Senate Passage
May 2007
Assembly Passage
Aug 2007
Signed into Law
Sep 2007
Introduced Feb 22, 2007
Signed Sep 11, 2007
Floor votes · Senate May 24, 2007 · Assembly Aug 27, 2007
How they voted
23–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 27
May 24, 2007
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Sep 11, 2007
Signed into law
Approved by Governor.
legislature
Aug 27, 2007
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2708.) To Senate.
lower
Jul 3, 2007
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.)
lower
Jun 28, 2007
Lower · Passed
To Standing Committee on Public Safety.
lower
May 24, 2007
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1064.) To Assembly.
upper
May 15, 2007
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
May 8, 2007
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
upper
Apr 24, 2007
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 717.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
upper
Apr 9, 2007
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety.
upper
Mar 8, 2007
Upper · Passed
To Standing Committee on Public Safety.
upper
Feb 22, 2007
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
GR
Gloria Romero
DDemocratic
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