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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
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)