EDUCATION: Provides relative to the administration of medication at school
This bill allows schools to administer specific medications to students under defined conditions. It requires the state Department of Education to create and share a list of approved medications and permits training for administration to be provided by medical emergency organizations, registered nurses, or licensed physicians. The legislation directly impacts school administrators, staff, and students by establishing a formal process for managing student health needs during the school day.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 15, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paula Davis
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Jerome Zeringue
RRepublican
Co
John Wyble
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
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