BUDGETARY CONTROLS: Restricts spending of the state general fund (direct) from recurring money to 98% of the official forecast (EG -$196,000,000 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2020
Last action May 18, 2020
Floor votes · House May 15, 2020
How they voted
33–14
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 51
May 15, 2020
D
Democratic16
75% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican34
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
May 18, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (20-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
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