STUDENTS: Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced May 15, 2020
Signed Jun 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2020 · House May 22, 2020
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 30
Jun 1, 2020
D
Democratic9
66% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 11, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206.
lower
Jun 1, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 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 25, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 391 reported by the Committee on Education (13-0).
lower
0 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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