STUDENTS: Creates a literacy program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 9, 2021
Signed Jun 21, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2021 · House May 17, 2021
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Jun 6, 2021
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Jun 21, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 415.
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 19, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (19-0).
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 78 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott McKnight
RRepublican
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
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