EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act"
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Mar 31, 2020
Signed Jun 4, 2020
Floor votes · House May 21, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1.
lower
May 29, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
May 4, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
0 primary · 48 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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