LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Provides for the vouchered office expense allowance for members of the legislature
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2022
Last action Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2022 · House Jun 2, 2022
How they voted
29–1
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 37
Jun 1, 2022
D
Democratic11
72% Yea
R
Republican26
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Jun 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 1, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 26, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 19, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 11, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 24, 2022
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
Rodney Lyons
DDemocratic
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