CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Signed Jun 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2021 · House Apr 27, 2021
How they voted
28–0
Passed
Total votes 28
Jun 9, 2021
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 29, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 464.
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2021
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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