The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration.
In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.
The bill, as it was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16) on Feb. 15, "amends the Nursing Home Care Act" and "makes a technical change in a section concerning the short title," according to the General Assembly website.
The following senators also co-sponsored the bill: Omar Aquino (D-2), Christopher Belt (D-57), Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-49), Melinda Bush (D-31), Cristina Castro (D-22), Bill Cunningham (D-18), Laura Fine (D-9), Ann Gillespie (D-27), Napoleon Harris, III (D-15), Michael E. Hastings (D-19), Linda Holmes (D-42), Mattie Hunter (D-3), Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40), Emil Jones, III (D-14), Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4), Iris Y. Martinez (D-20), Pat McGuire (D-43), Antonio Muñoz (D-1), Laura M. Murphy (D-28), Robert Peters (D-13), Martin A. Sandoval (D-11), Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D-17), Patricia Van Pelt (D-5) and Ram Villivalam (D-8).
The following house representatives co-sponsored the bill: Carol Ammons (D-103), Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kambium Buckner (D-26), Jonathan Carroll (D-57), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), John Connor (D-85), Deb Conroy (D-46), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), Daniel Didech (D-59), Mary Edly-Allen (D-51), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Michael Halpin (D-72), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Theresa Mah (D-2), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Robert Martwick (D-19), Joyce Mason (D-61), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), Anna Moeller (D-43), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), Diane Pappas (D-45), Delia C. Ramirez (D-4), Robert Rita (D-28), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Sue Scherer (D-96), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Nicholas K. Smith (D-34), Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), Katie Stuart (D-112), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), André Thapedi (D-32), Arthur Turner (D-9), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Mark L. Walker (D-53), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Kathleen Willis (D-77) and Sam Yingling (D-62).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through May 10.
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