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Senate Bill 253: Revise administrative and certification processes for student scholarship organizations

Proposed
Introduced
Jan 31
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 21
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 21
✴️ House
Passed preliminary vote
Apr 15
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Sue Vinton
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 31
Introduced
Feb 3
First Reading
Feb 4
Referred to Committee
Feb 6
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Feb 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Taxation
7-1
R5-0
D2-1
Feb 28
2nd Reading Passed
43-7
R32-0
D11-7
Feb 28
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 1
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Mar 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Mar 20
2nd Reading Passed
44-6
R32-0
D12-6
Mar 21
3rd Reading Passed
45-5
R32-0
D13-5
Mar 21
Transmitted to House
Mar 24
Referred to Committee
Mar 24
First Reading
Mar 27
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Taxation
19-2
R12-0
D7-2
Apr 15
2nd Reading Concurred
77-23
R58-0
D19-23
Apr 15
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 15
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 18
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Appropriations
13-10
R13-0
D0-10
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

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