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Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 15, 2023
Last action May 26, 2023
Floor votes · House May 17, 2023
How they voted
51–14
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 72
May 17, 2023
D
Democratic23
95% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican48
58% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
May 26, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (19-0).
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph A. Marino III
IIndependent
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