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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 2147 Human Rights, Division of; renamed as Office of Civil Rights.

Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Division of Human Rights; renamed as Office of Civil Rights. Renames the Division of Human Rights in the Department of Law as the Office of Civil Rights.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102585D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/21  House: Floor substitute printed 21104103D-H1 (Jones)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/21  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2147ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/21  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102585D
• 01/12/21  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/27/21  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 7-N)
• 01/28/21  House: Read first time
• 01/29/21  House: Floor substitute printed 21104103D-H1 (Jones)
• 01/29/21  House: Read second time
• 01/29/21  House: Substitute by Delegate Jones rejected 21104103D-H1 (24-Y 62-N)
• 01/29/21  House: VOTE: REJECTED (24-Y 62-N)
• 01/29/21  House: Engrossed by House
• 02/01/21  House: Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N)
• 02/01/21  House: VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N)
• 02/02/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/05/21  Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/21  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 2-N)
• 02/19/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/21  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/21  Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
• 02/25/21  House: Enrolled
• 02/25/21  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2147ER)
• 02/25/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/21  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 03/01/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/18/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)