PATERNITY: Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Jan 12, 2023
Signed Jun 28, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2023 · House Apr 24, 2023
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 32
Jun 4, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 17, 2023
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0-1).
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Jan 12, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lawrence "Larry" Frieman
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
Co
Lance Harris
RRepublican
Co
Malinda White
RRepublican
Co
Patrick O. Jefferson
DDemocratic
Co
Polly Thomas
RRepublican
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