Became P.L.2019, c.272, on December 19, 2019.
2018–2019 Session
Senate Bill 3945
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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 Jun 10
Nia H. Gill Esq., Shirley K. Turner
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 10
5 co-sponsors
Troy Singleton, Ronald L. Rice, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Vin Gopal
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Dec 16
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Shanique Speight, Britnee N. Timberlake
Chief co-sponsors from Dec 16
Its course
June 13 to December 19, 2019, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading38–1
Passed · Dec 16
General Assembly, third reading71–1
Passed · Dec 16
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 18
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 Jun 13 – Dec 16
- Jun 13Introduced in the Senate and sent to Labor
- Sep 10Sent to Judiciary
- Nov 18Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 16Passed the Senate, 38 to 1
In the General Assembly Dec 16
- Dec 16Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 71 to 1, and so both houses
To the Governor Dec 19
- Dec 19Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2019, c.272