Relating to elected county superintendents of education; to remove the requirement that the salary of the superintendent be set before the beginning of the term of office; and to provide for a retroactive effective date.
Summary
Elected county superintendents of education, requirement that salary be set before beginning of term removed retroactively to July 1, 2021
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 2, 2023
Signed Jun 6, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023 · House May 31, 2023
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Education Policy)
lower
May 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Education Policy)
lower
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Randy Price
RRepublican
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