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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
House Passage
Jun 2017
Signed into Law
Jun 2017
Introduced Feb 1, 2017
Signed Jun 27, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 27, 2017
Signed into law
06/27/2017 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/21/2017 House passed in concurrence
legislature
Jun 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Jun 7, 2017
Committee
06/07/2017 Referred to House Judiciary
legislature
Jun 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/06/2017 Senate read and passed
legislature
May 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
05/25/2017 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
02/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Committee
02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
PV
Paul V. Jabour
DDemocratic
P
Sue Sosnowski
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
P
WJ
William J. Conley, Jr.
DDemocratic
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