• 01-14-2014 - First Reading: Referred to Utilities
• 01-14-2014 - Authored by Senator Merritt.
• 01-24-2014 - Committee report: do pass amend, adopted.
• 01-27-2014 - Senator Kruse added as second author.
• 01-30-2014 - Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• 01-30-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #1 (Stoops) motion withdrawn.
• 01-30-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #2 (Breaux), failed.
• 01-30-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #5 (Broden), failed.
• 01-30-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #7 (Breaux), failed.
• 01-30-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #6 (Merritt), prevailed.
• 02-03-2014 - Representative Koch added sponsor.
• 02-03-2014 - Referred to the House
• 02-03-2014 - Senator Leising added as third author.
• 02-03-2014 - Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 116: yeas 37 and nays 11
• 02-10-2014 - First Reading: Referred to Utilities and Energy
• 02-13-2014 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
• 02-20-2014 - Representative Hamm added as cosponsor.
• 02-20-2014 - Representative VanNatter added as cosponsor.
• 02-25-2014 - SB 340 Amendment #10 (VanNatter), prevailed.
• 02-25-2014 - Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed.
• 02-26-2014 - Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 295: yeas 69 and nays 26
• 02-26-2014 - Returned to the Senate with amendments
• 03-10-2014 - Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 379: yeas 37 and nays 8
• 03-13-2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 03-13-2014 - Signed by the Speaker
• 03-18-2014 - Signed by the President of the Senate
• 03-24-2014 - Public Law 223
• 03-28-2014 - Became law without the Governors signature

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