PERSONHOOD – Adds to existing law to provide that environmental elements, artificial intelligence, nonhuman animals, and inanimate objects shall not be granted personhood.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Mar 1, 2022
Signed Mar 31, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2022
How they voted
48–17
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 68
Mar 3, 2022
D
Democratic12
100% Nay
R
Republican56
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
1
Mar 31, 2022
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2022 Session Law Chapter 322 Effective: 07/01/2022
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-5-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – Nelson, Nye, Semmelroth, Stennett, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 50-17-3AYES – Addis, Amador, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Galloway, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, McCann(Liedke), Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Troy(Seegmiller), Vander Woude, W
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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