Relating to the rule against perpetuities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 1, 2021
Signed Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 10, 2021 · House Apr 1, 2021
How they voted
20–4
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 27
May 10, 2021
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican17
64% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
58
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Amendments
8
Jun 16, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 18, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 18, 2021
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 18, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 11, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 11, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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