HIGHER EDUCATION: Creates the Stimulating More Advanced Research and Technology (SMART) Program and the SMART Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to support research at public postsecondary education institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
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 25, 2022
Last action Jun 7, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2022 · House Jun 5, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2022
D
Democratic11
72% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Jun 5, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 31, 2022
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 9, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 26, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 18, 2022
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 13, 2022
Committee
Reported favorably (9-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Nelson
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
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