SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality. (6/30/22)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Feb 10, 2022
Signed May 13, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2022 · House May 10, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
Apr 5, 2022
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 13, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 4.
upper
May 11, 2022
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Committee
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 6, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Apr 5, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eddie Lambert
RRepublican
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