AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Provides that road abandonments by municipalities be properly recorded in land evidence records.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Feb 15, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2023
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
5
Committee
4
Jun 14, 2023
Signed into law
06/14/2023 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence
upper
May 30, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 15, 2023
Committee
05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
04/25/2023 House read and passed
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Legislature · Passed
04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced
02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brandon Potter
DDemocratic
P
Grace Diaz
DDemocratic
P
Joseph Solomon
DDemocratic
P
Joshua Giraldo
DDemocratic
P
Karen Alzate
DDemocratic
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