BUDGETARY CONTROLS: Restricts spending of the state general fund (direct) from recurring money to 98% of the official forecast (EG -$201,000,000 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 25, 2019
Last action May 29, 2019
Floor votes · House May 20, 2019
How they voted
50–29
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 86
May 20, 2019
D
Democratic31
87% Nay
I
Independent2
50% Yea
R
Republican53
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
6
May 29, 2019
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
May 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 22, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 37. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (19-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 25, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
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