SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Revises requirements for certification, hiring, and dismissal of teachers and other school employees with respect to criminal history
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced May 8, 2019
Signed Jun 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2019 · House May 21, 2019
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Jun 3, 2019
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Jun 20, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 387.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrish, Mizell, and White.
upper
Jun 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 31, 2019
Committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 167 reported by the Committee on Education (13-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lance Harris
RRepublican
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