County sheriffs; removing population threshold to expand certain required qualification; effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
Signed into Law
May 2017
Introduced Feb 6, 2017
Signed May 15, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Apr 24, 2017 · House Mar 7, 2017
How they voted
30–10
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 44
Apr 24, 2017
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican39
64% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
5
May 15, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/15/2017
lower
May 8, 2017
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 25
lower
May 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
SA's read, adopted
lower
Apr 25, 2017
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Apr 24, 2017
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Apr 24, 2017
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 10
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 7, 2017
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 7, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (58-14-5)
house
Feb 23, 2017
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute County and Municipal Government Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
First Reading
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MS
Mike Sanders
RRepublican
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