A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group.
Summary
Establish the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group; attach the working group to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes and staff support; establish the membership of the working group; designate the executive director for the Office of Energy Policy as the chair; require the working group to hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2023; require the working group to meet at least 3 times before submitting its required report; require the working group to identify the barriers to the deployment of nuclear power generation and related technologies and to consult with stakeholders to develop recommendations for the role of a permanent nuclear energy commission to be established in state government; require the working group to submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2023, detailing all work group activity since its establishment and providing recommendations for the creation of a permanent nuclear energy commission in state government; REPORT MANDATED.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 10, 2023
Signed Mar 17, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2023
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 28
Mar 2, 2023
D
Democratic4
50% Yea
R
Republican24
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 17, 2023
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 18)
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 100-0
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
upper
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
to State Government (H)
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2023
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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