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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Signed Jun 4, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2021 · House May 27, 2021
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
May 12, 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
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Jun 4, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 108.
upper
Jun 1, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 19, 2021
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 18, 2021
Committee
Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 17, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
May 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 4, 2021
Committee
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 3, 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 Education.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
RM
Robert Mills
RRepublican
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