Bill Summary
SB 306 Catalytic Converters (2023 Session)
Boyd Co Sponsors: Hooper, Stewart CS Sponsors: Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Catalytic Converters; Designating the “Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act”; prohibiting a person from knowingly purchasing a detached catalytic converter unless he or she is a registered secondary metals recycler; prohibiting a person from knowingly importing, manufacturing, purchasing for a certain purpose, selling, offering for sale, or installing or reinstalling a counterfeit, fake, or nonfunctional catalytic converter; prohibiting a secondary metals recycler from processing or removing a detached catalytic converter from the recycler’s place of business for a specified number of days, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2023
01/19/23
SENATE
Filed
01/26/23
SENATE
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
02/06/23
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 02/14/23, 1:00 pm, 37 S
02/14/23
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/15/23
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/16/23
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
03/09/23
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/14/23, 1:30 pm, 37 S
03/14/23
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; 12 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/16/23
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
03/16/23
SENATE
Now in Fiscal Policy
03/23/23
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 S
03/24/23
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Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 03/27/23, 8:30 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
03/28/23
SENATE
Favorable by Fiscal Policy; 19 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/29/23
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/30/23
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/23
04/04/23
SENATE
Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 39 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/05/23
HOUSE
In Messages
04/13/23
HOUSE
Received; Referred to House Calendar
04/13/23
HOUSE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
04/18/23
HOUSE
Substituted for HB 0185; Read Second Time; Placed on Third Reading, 04/19/23
04/19/23
HOUSE
Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 105 Yeas / 2 Nays)
04/19/23
SENATE
Ordered enrolled
04/20/23
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
05/23/23
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/07/23)
05/24/23
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2023-114
No amendments to this bill text filed.
No amendments to this bill text filed.
538.26
860.142
860.147

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