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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 5421

AN ACT CONCERNING "ZAPPERS".

Became law as Public Act 12-135, signed June 15, 2012, 101 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To make it a felony to sell, purchase, install, transfer or possess an automated sales suppression device ("zapper") or phantom-ware that eliminates point-of-sale transactions randomly, and creates a shadow record of the sale, making it difficult to detect understated records of sales and sales tax liability.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

7 co-sponsors

Susan M. Johnson, Livvy R. Floren, David A. Baram, Kathleen M. Tallarita, Michael L. Molgano, Elissa T. Wright, Joseph C. Serra

In the Senate

    4 co-sponsors

    Andrea L. Stillman, Anthony J. Musto, Joseph J. Crisco Jr., Bob Duff

    Its course

    March 6 to June 15, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action24 actions on 14 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to May 257 days

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMar 6 to Apr 328 days

    Judiciary CommitteeApr 26 to May 15 days

    In the SenateMay 2 to May 97 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 9 to May 3122 days

    With the GovernorMay 31 to Jun 1515 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 6 – May 2

    1. Mar 6Introduced and sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    2. Mar 7Heard in Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    3. Apr 3Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 26Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. May 1Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. May 2Passed the House of Representatives

    In the Senate May 2 – May 9

    1. May 2Sent to the Senate
    2. May 9Passed the Senate

    To the Governor May 29 – Jun 15

    1. May 29Numbered Public Act 12-135
    2. May 31Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Jun 15Signed by the Governor
    All 24 actions, as published
    1. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Apr 3Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Apr 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 23RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 23FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 23HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 23FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 26REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. May 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 1NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 1TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    16. May 2HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    17. May 2IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATEHouse of Representatives
    18. May 3FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    19. May 3SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    20. May 9SENATE PASSEDSenate
    21. May 9ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
    22. May 29PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    23. May 31TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    24. Jun 15SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor