PUBLIC RECORDS: Authorizes a custodian to require a requestor of a public record to provide sufficient proof of identity
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Vetoed
Jul 2021
Introduced Apr 1, 2021
Vetoed Jul 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2021 · House May 11, 2021
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Jun 2, 2021
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Jul 20, 2021
Vetoed
Veto message read. Lies over under the rules.
lower
Jul 1, 2021
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
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 20, 2021
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 19, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 13, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 4, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 1, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
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