Primary and Secondary Education - Black History Month - Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Feb 8, 2019
Signed Apr 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2019 · House of Delegates Mar 29, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 14, 2019
D
Democratic23
95% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 30, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313
executive
Apr 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Enrolled
upper
Apr 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
upper
Apr 2, 2019
Introduced
Senate Concur - House Amendments
upper
Mar 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
lower
Mar 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {955760/1 Report Adopted
lower
Mar 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
lower
Mar 14, 2019
Committee
First Reading Ways and Means
lower
Mar 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report Adopted
upper
Mar 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Benson) Adopted
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
First Reading Senate Rules
upper
0 primary · 35 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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