SCHOOLS: Requires instruction and display of the national motto "In God We Trust" in public schools. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2018
Last action May 15, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2018 · House May 9, 2018
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 36
Apr 11, 2018
D
Democratic12
58% Yea
R
Republican24
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
4
May 14, 2018
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
legislature
May 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
legislature
May 9, 2018
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-0-12)
house
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
legislature
Apr 25, 2018
Committee
Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
legislature
Apr 13, 2018
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
legislature
Apr 11, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
legislature
Apr 9, 2018
Introduced
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
legislature
Mar 27, 2018
Committee
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
legislature
Mar 26, 2018
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
legislature
Mar 12, 2018
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
legislature
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
JM
John Milkovich
DDemocratic
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