CONTRACTS: Prohibits certain nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving the payment of public funds
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
May 2019
Introduced Mar 26, 2019
Signed May 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2019 · House Apr 22, 2019
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 28
May 21, 2019
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 30, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 35.
lower
May 21, 2019
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2019
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Apr 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments (7-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Franklin Foil
RRepublican
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