AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICES (Requires a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer if more than one year is left in the term of office.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 15, 2022
Last action Mar 9, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2022
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Mar 8, 2022
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 9, 2022
Committee
03/09/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
03/08/2022 Senate read and passed
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Legislature · Passed
03/01/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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