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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Mar 17, 2022
Signed May 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 17, 2022 · House May 4, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
May 17, 2022
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 25, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 189.
lower
May 17, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2022
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 10, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 6, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Larry Bagley
RRepublican
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