Modernize "Mental Retardation" Terminology
Summary
Statutory Revision Committee. The bill modernizes and makes nonsubstantive changes to provisions of statute that use terms like 'mental retardation' or 'mentally retarded' by replacing the terms with more appropriate 'intellectual and developmental disability' language.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 22, 2018
Signed Mar 21, 2018
Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2018
How they voted
51–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 52
Mar 6, 2018
D
Democratic29
96% Yea
R
Republican23
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 21, 2018
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 6, 2018
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (51-0-1)
house
Feb 27, 2018
Committee
House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services
lower
Feb 7, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Jan 22, 2018
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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