STUDENTS: Provides relative to disbursement of funds from START savings accounts. (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
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 20, 2020
Signed Jun 5, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2020 · House May 27, 2020
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
May 12, 2020
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 5, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 56.
upper
May 27, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, 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 (11-0). 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 Education.
lower
May 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 16, 2020
Committee
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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 Education.
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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