CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to sentencing when a defendant possessed, used, or discharged a firearm in the commission of certain offenses. (8/1/21)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 31, 2021
Signed Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2021 · House Jun 3, 2021
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 28
May 3, 2021
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican18
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 16, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 349.
upper
Jun 6, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
Jun 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 9. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 26, 2021
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 25, 2021
Committee
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 4, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
May 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jimmy Harris
DDemocratic
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