SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Creates and provides for a program to provide state funding for the education of students not enrolled in public school (RR1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action Jun 6, 2021
Floor votes · House May 20, 2021
How they voted
55–1
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 64
May 20, 2021
D
Democratic21
76% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican42
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 6, 2021
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 25, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (17-0).
lower
May 6, 2021
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 5, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (8-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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