Allows veteran's guardian to remove veteran from DMVA veterans' memorial home under certain emergency circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Sep 2021
Introduced Jun 3, 2021
Signed Sep 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2021 · General Assembly Jun 24, 2021
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Jun 30, 2021
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Sep 16, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.216.
executive
Jun 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
lower
Jun 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
lower
5 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
P
Joe Lagana
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Swain
DDemocratic
P
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
P
Vin Gopal
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
CJ
Christopher J. Connors
RRepublican
Co
Gordon Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
JA
John Armato
DDemocratic
Co
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
Co
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
VM
Vincent Mazzeo
DDemocratic
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