INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Mar 16, 2020
Signed Jun 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2020 · House May 29, 2020
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
May 14, 2020
D
Democratic9
66% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Jun 11, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 230.
upper
May 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 29, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
upper
May 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 28, 2020
Introduced
Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
lower
May 20, 2020
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2020
Committee
Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 18, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 4, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
upper
Mar 16, 2020
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
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