Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Dec 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2021
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 17 other
Total votes 40
Jun 3, 2021
D
Democratic26
80% Yea
R
Republican14
14% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Dec 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (25-0) (Ruiz)
upper
Jun 3, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (23-0-17)
senate
Jun 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (23-0) (Ruiz)
upper
Jul 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jul 28, 2020
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SB
Sandra B. Cunningham
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
Co
RL
Ronald L. Rice
DDemocratic
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