CIVIL/IMMUNITY: Provides with respect to liability for peace officers engaged in certain actions
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
Floor votes · House May 11, 2021
How they voted
34–25
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 64
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican42
59% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 13, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 53, nays 42. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 3, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (9-4-1).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
FD
Frederick Douglass Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Kenny R. Cox
DDemocratic
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
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