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Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2022
Last action Mar 22, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2022
How they voted
85–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 94
Mar 21, 2022
D
Democratic32
87% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican61
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 22, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0-1).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
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