AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURES GENERALLY -- THE STATE FALSE CLAIM ACT (Makes a change to the meaning of the words "knowing and "knowingly" in the state false claim act.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2019
Last action Jun 4, 2019
Floor votes · House May 1, 2019
How they voted
64–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 67
May 1, 2019
D
Democratic59
96% Yea
R
Republican8
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 4, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
May 22, 2019
Committee
05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
05/01/2019 House read and passed
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/09/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 3, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 28, 2019
Introduced
03/28/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SM
Shelby Maldonado
DDemocratic
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