Requires transfer of certain escheated civil forfeiture funds from Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund to General Fund for appropriation to county Prosecutor's offices.*
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2021
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Oct 8, 2020
Signed May 5, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2021 · General Assembly Oct 29, 2020
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 39
Feb 19, 2021
D
Democratic26
84% Yea
R
Republican13
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 5, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.78.
executive
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-1)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (34-0)
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Nov 5, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Oct 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (71-0-1)
lower
Oct 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Oct 8, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eliana Pintor Marin
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
Co
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
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