AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 15, 2022
Last action May 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2022
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
May 19, 2022
D
Democratic32
100% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 20, 2022
Committee
05/20/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
05/19/2022 Senate read and passed
upper
May 12, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 1, 2022
Committee
03/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Lombardo
DDemocratic
P
Hanna Gallo
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Pearson
DDemocratic
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