CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Mar 29, 2019
Signed Jun 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2019 · House May 22, 2019
How they voted
23–5
Passed
Total votes 28
Jun 5, 2019
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
R
Republican21
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 20, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 386.
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 27, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
upper
May 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 7, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 29, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Randal L. Gaines
DDemocratic
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