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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Nov 2019
Senate Passage
Dec 2019
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2019
Signed into Law
Dec 2019
Introduced Jun 13, 2019
Signed Dec 19, 2019
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 16, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Dec 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2019, c.272.
executive
Dec 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-1-0)
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-1)
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Sep 10, 2019
Committee
Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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