Permitting county boards to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Feb 10, 2020
Signed Mar 25, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2020
How they voted
27–3
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Mar 4, 2020
D
Democratic12
66% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/25/20
lower
Mar 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
upper
Mar 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 443)
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee reference dispensed
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 321)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Amended
Amendment rejected (Roll No. 304)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
To House Education
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
To Education
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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