Relating to public high schools; to require students to complete a personal financial literacy and money management course before graduation; to provide for the creation and administration of a financial literacy examination; and to require the reporting of a summary of examination results to the State Department of Education.
Summary
Public K-12 education; course on personal financial literacy required; examination and reporting of results
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 21, 2023
Signed May 15, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 2, 2023 · House Apr 18, 2023
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
May 2, 2023
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Education Policy)
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Education Policy)
upper
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Education Policy)
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Education Policy)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andy Whitt
RRepublican
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