Promoting access to earned benefits and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer veterans.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 13, 2020
Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2020 · House Mar 5, 2020
How they voted
38–4
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 44
Feb 12, 2020
D
Democratic27
100% Yea
R
Republican17
64% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
16
Committee
14
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Mar 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Speaker signed.
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 5, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (83-10-1)
house
Mar 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
upper
Feb 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
lower
Feb 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
APP - Majority; do pass.
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Appropriations.
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
HOUS - Majority; do pass.
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-4-2)
senate
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means.
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Committee
And refer to Ways & Means.
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
SGTE - Majority; do pass.
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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