Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served the required number of years on parole.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2023
Last action May 3, 2023
Floor votes · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
101–37
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 141
May 2, 2023
D
Democratic60
96% Yea
R
Republican81
53% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 3, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Corrections
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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