LIABILITY: Limits liability of persons who provide relief or recovery equipment or services during a declared state emergency. (gov sig)
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 31, 2020
Signed Jun 12, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2020 · House May 29, 2020
How they voted
22–5
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
May 14, 2020
D
Democratic9
44% Nay
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 12, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 303.
upper
May 29, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 26, 2020
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 26, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably (13-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 15, 2020
Committee
Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 6 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 Judiciary A.
upper
Mar 31, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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