CIVIL/LAW: Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings (Item #40)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jun 1, 2020
Signed Jun 25, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 22, 2020 · House Jun 11, 2020
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 22, 2020
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 25, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 3.
lower
Jun 23, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 18, 2020
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Jun 14, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Jun 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0-1).
lower
Jun 1, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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