Revise governor's power to spend certain unanticipated federal funds
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 13, 2021
Signed Apr 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2021 · House Jan 28, 2021
How they voted
27–12
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 29, 2021
D
Democratic15
80% Nay
R
Republican24
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 15, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
3rd Reading Concurred
upper
Feb 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
3rd Reading Passed
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
legislature
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Llew Jones
RRepublican
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