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Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Mar 24, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2022 · House Feb 9, 2022
How they voted
38–10
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Mar 2, 2022
D
Democratic29
96% Yea
R
Republican20
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
16
Committee
12
Mar 24, 2022
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-10-1)
senate
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
SGE - Majority; do pass.
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
upper
Feb 9, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (69-26-3)
house
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Javier Valdez
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Ramel
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Volz
RRepublican
Co
Robert Sutherland
RRepublican
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