Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Assembly Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 18, 2019
Last action Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Assembly Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
62–37
Passed
Total votes 99
Feb 20, 2020
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Amended
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 37
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Doyle, Shankland, Cabrera, Billings, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Subeck, Emerson, Bowen, Vining and Brostoff
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 5
lower
Sep 18, 2019
Committee
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
lower
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Ballweg, Bowen, Brostoff, Gundrum, James, Haywood, Krug, Kuglitsch, Mursau, L. Myers, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tusler and Dittrich;
cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Johnson, Nass, Carpenter, Jacque, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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