VITAL RECORDS/BIRTH CERT: Designates Act No. 470 of the 2022 Regular Session as "The Jean and Elise Act"
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 1, 2024
Signed May 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2024 · House Mar 19, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Apr 30, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Brian Glorioso
RRepublican
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Chenevert
RRepublican
Co
John Wyble
RRepublican
Co
Josh Carlson
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Michael Melerine
RRepublican
Co
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Peter Egan
RRepublican
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