STUDENTS: Requests that the state Department of Education study and report relative to the impact of the law banning student possession of telecommunications devices during the instructional day
HR 98 is a resolution requesting the state Department of Education to study how the existing law banning student possession of telecommunications devices (like cell phones) during the instructional day impacts students. It directs the state superintendent of education to conduct this study and report findings to the bill’s author, either orally or in writing. This resolution does not change any current law but asks for an analysis of the existing phone ban’s effects. The resolution was recently passed by the committee and is scheduled for floor debate.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 29, 2025
Last action May 28, 2025
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Floor votes · House May 22, 2025
How they voted
88–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 102
May 22, 2025
D
Democratic31
70% Yea
R
Republican71
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, amended, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
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