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Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jul 26, 2021
Last action Feb 18, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2022
How they voted
79–33
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 121
Feb 17, 2022
D
Democratic82
96% Yea
R
Republican39
84% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Judiciary
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
First Reading Judiciary
lower
Jul 26, 2021
Introduced
Pre-filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sandy Rosenberg
DDemocratic
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