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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 26, 2020
Signed Jun 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2020 · House May 28, 2020
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
May 11, 2020
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 11, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 221.
upper
May 28, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 20, 2020
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 13, 2020
Committee
Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
May 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 36 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
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