Became P.L.2007, c.303, on January 13, 2008.
2006–2007 Session
Senate Bill 2975
Revises laws concerning hate crimes and bullying; establishes Commission on Bullying in Schools.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Nov 29
Chief co-sponsor from Nov 29
3 co-sponsors
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 7, 2008
Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Upendra J. Chivukula, John F. McKeon
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 7, 2008
7 co-sponsors
Gordon M. Johnson, Mila M. Jasey, Elease Evans, Bill Baroni, Nellie Pou, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Joseph P. Cryan
Its course
December 3, 2007 to January 13, 2008, 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 5 days
In the SenateDec 3 to Jan 331 days
JudiciaryDec 3 to Dec 1714 days
In the General AssemblyJan 3 to Jan 74 days
With the GovernorJan 7 to Jan 136 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading7–24
Jan 3, 2008
Senate, third reading35–0
Passed · Jan 3, 2008
General Assembly, third reading63–12
Passed · Jan 7, 2008 · 5 present
Who voted how
Yea Amy H. Handlin, Bill Baroni, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Brian E. Rumpf, Brian P. Stack, Charles T. Epps Jr., Christopher J. Connors, Craig A. Stanley, David R. Mayer, David W. Wolfe, Douglas H. Fisher, Elease Evans, Eric Munoz, Francis J. Blee, Francis L. Bodine, Frederick Scalera, Gary S. Schaer, Gordon M. Johnson, Herb Conaway M.D., Jack Conners, James W. Holzapfel, Jeff Van Drew, Jennifer Beck, Jerry Green, Jim Whelan, Joan M. Quigley, Joan M. Voss, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, John S. Wisniewski, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph V. Egan, Joseph Vas, Larry Chatzidakis, Linda R. Greenstein, Linda Stender, Louis D. Greenwald, Louis M. Manzo, Michael J. Panter, Mila M. Jasey, Neil M. Cohen, Nellie Pou, Nelson T. Albano, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Oadline D. Truitt, Pamela R. Lampitt, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul D. Moriarty, Peter J. Barnes III, Reed Gusciora, Robert M. Gordon, Sean T. Kean, Sheila Y. Oliver, Silverio A. Vega, Steve Corodemus, Thomas P. Giblin, Upendra J. Chivukula, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Vincent Prieto, Wilfredo Caraballo, William D. Payne
Nay Alex DeCroce, Alison Littell McHose, Christopher Bateman, David C. Russo, Guy R. Gregg, Joseph Pennacchio, Kevin J. O'Toole, Marcia A. Karrow, Michael J. Doherty, Michael Patrick Carroll, Peter J. Biondi, Richard A. Merkt
Not voting Charlotte Vandervalk, John E. Rooney, Joseph R. Malone III, Ronald S. Dancer, Samuel D. Thompson
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 17
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 Senate Dec 3 – Jan 3, 2008
- Dec 3Introduced in the Senate and sent to Judiciary
- Dec 17Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 3, 2008Passed the Senate, 35 to 0
In the General Assembly Jan 3, 2008 – Jan 7, 2008
- Jan 3, 2008Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Jan 7, 2008Passed the General Assembly, 63 to 12, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 13, 2008
- Jan 13, 2008Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2007, c.303