APPROPRIATIONS: (Constitutional Amendment) Creates an exception to maximum one-year period for appropriations for nongovernmental entities (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2023
Last action Jun 5, 2023
Floor votes · House May 24, 2023
How they voted
87–4
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 101
May 24, 2023
D
Democratic33
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican67
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 5, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
Jun 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 4. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 22, 2023
Introduced
Reported without amendments (12-0-1).
lower
May 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
May 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (16-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
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