AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Provides students attending public schools enrolled in grades K-12 with a students' bill of rights prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, gender, economic status or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disabilities.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2021
Last action May 27, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 25, 2021
D
Democratic31
96% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 27, 2021
Committee
05/27/2021 Referred to House Education
lower
May 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/25/2021 Senate read and passed
upper
May 19, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 14, 2021
Legislature · Passed
04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ana Quezada
DDemocratic
P
Jeanine Calkin
DDemocratic
P
Meghan Kallman
DDemocratic
P
Sandra Cano
DDemocratic
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