Relating to licensing examinations for certain court interpreters.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2021
Last action May 26, 2021
Floor votes · House May 11, 2021
How they voted
128–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 130
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic52
96% Yea
R
Republican78
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
11
May 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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