Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Feb 25, 2019
Signed Jun 14, 2019
Floor votes · House May 2, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
59
Key actions
14
Committee
10
Amendments
9
Jun 14, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 23, 2019
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 23, 2019
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 23, 2019
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 6, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 3, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed as amended
lower
May 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 2, 2019
Introduced
Amendment fails of adoption
lower
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brooks Landgraf
RRepublican
P
Charles Perry
RRepublican
P
Dade Phelan
RRepublican
P
Jay Dean
RRepublican
P
JC
John Cyrier
RRepublican
Co
BZ
Bill Zedler
RRepublican
Co
DB
Dwayne Bohac
RRepublican
Co
Giovanni Capriglione
RRepublican
Co
JN
Jane Nelson
RRepublican
Co
Jared Patterson
RRepublican
Co
LS
Lynn Stucky
RRepublican
Co
Mayes Middleton
RRepublican
Co
Stan Lambert
RRepublican
Co
Tom Oliverson
RRepublican
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