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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Dec 27, 2016
Signed Mar 16, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 16, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Dec 27, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Dec 27, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101247D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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