STUDENTS: Provides for the sharing of limited student information for the purpose of administering certain federal food assistance programs
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Apr 5, 2022
Signed Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2022 · House Apr 26, 2022
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
May 23, 2022
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 3, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 276.
lower
May 23, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2022
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 28, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
Apr 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 6, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
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