AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SMALL BUSINESSES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Imposes one year moratorium on enforcement of municipal ordinance or zoning requirement that penalizes owners of food service establishments/bars for modifications/alternations to their premises in response to an emergency declaration.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jul 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Signed Jul 8, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jun 29, 2021
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jul 8, 2021
Signed into law
07/08/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
Jun 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Legislature · Passed
06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 7, 2021
Legislature · Passed
04/07/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced
03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
upper
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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