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Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2020
Committee Review
Oct 2020
House Passage
Oct 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 2, 2020
Last action Oct 7, 2020
Floor votes · House Oct 6, 2020
How they voted
86–1
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 100
Oct 6, 2020
D
Democratic32
84% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican67
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Oct 7, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
upper
Oct 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Oct 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Oct 2, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lance Harris
RRepublican
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