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• Introduced by Rep. Peter MacGregor (R) on June 16, 2011, to continue earmarking $7 million from cell phone taxes intended to pay for 9-1-1 emergency services to instead pay for a State Police radio system.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 16, 2011.
    • Reported in the House on June 22, 2011, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 57 to 52 in the House on June 23, 2011.
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• Received in the Senate on June 28, 2011.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 28, 2011.
    • Reported in the Senate on August 24, 2011, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on August 24, 2011, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that also earmarks some of this revenue to the Department of Treasury. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on August 24, 2011.
• Passed 26 to 12 in the Senate on August 24, 2011, to continue earmarking $7 million from cell phone taxes intended to pay for 9-1-1 emergency services to instead pay for a State Police radio system. The bill also earmarks $150,000 of this money to the Department of Treasury.
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• Received in the House on August 24, 2011.
• Passed 58 to 51 in the House on September 13, 2011, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"