Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 29, 2021
Signed Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · House May 28, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
70
Key actions
21
Committee
14
Amendments
11
Jun 16, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 28, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 28, 2021
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2021
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (91-35-2)
house
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
No action taken in committee
upper
May 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to Education
upper
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed as amended
lower
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to Public Education
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Harold Dutton
DDemocratic
P
LT
Larry Taylor
RRepublican
Co
Paul Bettencourt
RRepublican
Co
Royce West
DDemocratic
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