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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Signed Mar 20, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 2-N)
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101214D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AB
A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
RRepublican
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