TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ADMINISTER A GRADE-LEVEL PLACEMENT TEST TO A STUDENT WHO IS REENTERING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE GRADE LEVEL APPROPRIATE FOR THE STUDENT.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2023
Last action May 1, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2023
How they voted
74–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 80
Apr 3, 2023
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican65
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
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