SENATE RULES-CARRY FORWARD
Summary
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the rules adopted by the Senate of the preceding General Assembly apply to the Senate of the newly convened General Assembly until new rules are adopted (currently, this provision applies only to the rules of the House of Representatives).
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 8, 2017
Last action Jan 9, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 5, 2017
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 51
May 5, 2017
D
Democratic31
77% Yea
R
Republican20
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
7
May 31, 2017
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
lower
May 15, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
May 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 8, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 5, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0-9)
senate
Mar 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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