DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides for the definition of domestic abuse
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2021
Last action Jun 10, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 7, 2021 · House Apr 15, 2021
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Jun 7, 2021
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican18
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Jun 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Jackson, Cortez, and Ward.
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 26, 2021
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (12-0-1).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 19, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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