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 House by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-8) on Dec. 19, 2018, "creates the No Representation Without Population Act," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), John C. D'Amico (D-15), William Davis (D-30), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), Robyn Gabel (D-18), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), Gregory Harris (D-13), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Yehiel M. Kalish (D-16), Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Theresa Mah (D-2), Joyce Mason (D-61), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Nicholas K. Smith (D-34), Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), André Thapedi (D-32), Arthur Turner (D-9), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Jawaharial Williams (D-10) and Michael J. Zalewski (D-23).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through March 29.
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