Requires drugs involved in fatal overdoses to be identified.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 20, 2019
Last action Jun 20, 2019
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 20, 2019
How they voted
23–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 26
Jun 20, 2019
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican6
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 20, 2019
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
Jun 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (73-2-0)
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 20, 2019
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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