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Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Governor
Introduced Apr 29, 2019
Last action May 6, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2019
How they voted
28–0
Passed
Total votes 28
Apr 30, 2019
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
0
Amendments
1
May 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read by title, rules suspended, concurred in.
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
Apr 29, 2019
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DC
Dan Claitor
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
CA
Conrad Appel
RRepublican
Co
EL
Eric LaFleur
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
FM
Fred Mills Jr.
RRepublican
Co
GS
Gary Smith Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
GL
Gerald Long
RRepublican
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