TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 19, 2023
Last action Jun 4, 2023
Floor votes · House May 11, 2023
How they voted
82–1
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 91
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican60
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
May 26, 2023
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Larry Bagley
RRepublican
Co
Mack Cormier
DDemocratic
Co
Malinda White
RRepublican
Co
Neil Riser
RRepublican
Co
Patrick O. Jefferson
DDemocratic
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