TO AMEND THE SCHOOL START DATE; TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS TO ELECT TO IMPLEMENT AN ALTERNATE SCHOOL CALENDAR; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL DAY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 25, 2021
Signed Apr 13, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2021 · House Mar 29, 2021
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Apr 7, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Apr 13, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1237 is now Act 688
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 3
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned To the House as passed as amended.
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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