SCH CD-GENOCIDE STUDY
Summary
Amends the School Code. Provides that the required unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust shall be expanded to include the study of other events of genocide, including those in Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2005
Committee Review
Apr 2005
House Passage
May 2005
Senate Passage
May 2005
Signed into Law
Aug 2005
Introduced Mar 2, 2005
Signed Aug 5, 2005
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2005 · House Mar 1, 2005
How they voted
40–5
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 52
May 11, 2005
D
Democratic27
92% Yea
R
Republican25
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Aug 5, 2005
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 11, 2005
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 11, 2005
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-5-7)
senate
Apr 20, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Education; 009-000-002
upper
Apr 13, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Education
upper
Mar 8, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 2, 2005
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 1, 2005
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (88-10-10)
house
Feb 9, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-008-000
lower
Feb 9, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000
lower
Feb 9, 2005
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
lower
Jan 26, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
lower
Jan 26, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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