MUNICIPAL/LAWRASON ACT: Removes a requirement for certain Lawrason Act municipalities to use the gubernatorial election dates for municipal elections
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2022
Last action May 31, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2022 · House May 9, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 26, 2022
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 26, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 24, 2022
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 11, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
upper
May 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 5, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William "Bill" Wheat Jr.
RRepublican
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