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H4 • 2025

Sam's Law.

Sam's Law.

Budget Education Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Kidwell, Cairns, Biggs, Paré, Almond, Baker, Balkcom, Clampitt, Cohn, Cotham, Echevarria, Greene, Harrison, N. Jackson, Liu, McNeely, Moss, Potts, Pyrtle, Reeder, Riddell, Setzer, Charles Smith, White, Willis, Zenger
Last action
2025-05-07
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

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Filed

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Filed

Plain English: Filed

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Filed

Plain English: Filed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Special Message Received From House

  4. 2025-05-07 House

    Special Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-05-07 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-05-07 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-05-06 House

    Placed On Cal For 05/07/2025

  8. 2025-05-06 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-05-06 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-05-06 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-05-06 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  12. 2025-04-15 House

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations

  13. 2025-04-15 House

    Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  14. 2025-04-01 House

    Re-ref Com On Health

  15. 2025-04-01 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  16. 2025-04-01 House

    Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added

  17. 2025-04-01 House

    Serial Referral To Appropriations Added

  18. 2025-04-01 House

    Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken

  19. 2025-02-03 House

    Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  20. 2025-02-03 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  21. 2025-01-30 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  22. 2025-01-30 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  23. 2025-01-29 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H4-SMBP-20(CSBP-8)-v-3
(2025-04-15): Sam's Law.
H4-SMBP-47(e3)-v-3
(2025-05-06): Sam's Law.
H4-SMRQ-21(CSRQ-5)-v-2
(2025-04-01): Sam's Law.