STUDENTS: Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities
HB 644 allows students enrolled in home study programs to join public school activities. The bill removes a specific word from the text to ensure these students can apply for extracurricular programs without unnecessary barriers. This change directly affects families choosing home education by giving their children access to the same school events as traditional students. The legislation focuses on expanding participation opportunities rather than altering the core requirements of home study programs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2024 · House Apr 9, 2024
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
May 23, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kellee Hennessy
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Jason DeWitt
RRepublican
Co
JG
Jay Gallé
RRepublican
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
Co
Kim Carver
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
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