Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
May 2020
Introduced Jan 20, 2020
Signed May 8, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2020
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Mar 12, 2020
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Enrolled
lower
Mar 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 17, 2020
Introduced
House Concurs Senate Amendments
lower
Mar 17, 2020
Introduced
Floor Amendment {
upper
Mar 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
upper
Mar 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
upper
Mar 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)
senate
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
First Reading Judiciary
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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