Creates commission to study sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment by staff against inmates in State correctional facilities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
General Assembly Passage
Jul 2020
Signed into Law
Sep 2020
Introduced May 7, 2020
Signed Sep 14, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2020 · General Assembly Jul 30, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
May 14, 2020
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Sep 14, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, JR-3.
executive
Jul 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0)
lower
Jun 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 22, 2020
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Women and Children Committee
lower
May 28, 2020
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-0)
upper
May 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 7, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
5 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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