Became P.L.2005, c.55, on March 24, 2005.
2004–2005 Session
Assembly Bill 779
Changes laws governing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates institutional liens for persons treated at State and county psychiatric facilities. **
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 2
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 13
28 co-sponsors
Eric Munoz, Mary T. Previte, Nellie Pou, Joan M. Quigley, Peter J. Biondi, Herb Conaway Jr., Jack Conners, Jerry Green, William D. Payne, Joseph Pennacchio, David C. Russo, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., Charlotte Vandervalk, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Richard A. Merkt, Jeff Van Drew, Robert J. Smith II, Michael Patrick Carroll, Alex DeCroce, Ronald S. Dancer, David W. Wolfe, John F. McKeon, Douglas H. Fisher, Kevin J. O'Toole, Alison Littell McHose, Linda R. Greenstein, David R. Mayer, Peter C. Eagler, Bonnie Watson Coleman (withdrew Dec 2)
In the Senate
6 co-sponsors
Shirley K. Turner, Walter J. Kavanaugh, Peter A. Inverso, Joseph F. Vitale, Bob Smith, Diane B. Allen
Its course
January 13, 2004 to March 24, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 6 days
In the General AssemblyJan 13 to Dec 13335 days
Family, Women and Children's ServicesJan 13 to Sep 13244 days
AppropriationsSep 13 to Dec 280 days
In the SenateDec 13 to Feb 1463 days
With the GovernorFeb 14 to Mar 2438 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading78–0
Passed · Dec 13
Senate, third reading35–0
Passed · Feb 14, 2005
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 13 – Dec 13
- Jan 13Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Family, Women and Children's Services
- Sep 13Family, Women and Children's Services recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Dec 2Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 13Passed the General Assembly, 78 to 0
In the Senate Dec 13 – Feb 14, 2005
- Dec 13Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Feb 14, 2005Passed the Senate, 35 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Mar 24, 2005
- Mar 24, 2005Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2005, c.55