Education Law Changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Jul 2022
Signed into Law
Jul 2022
Introduced Feb 24, 2021
Signed Jul 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jul 1, 2022 · House Jul 1, 2022
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 49
Jul 1, 2022
D
Democratic22
86% Yea
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
55
Key actions
15
Committee
17
Amendments
2
Jul 8, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022
executive
Jul 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conf Report Adopted
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jun 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Jun 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amend Adopted A1
upper
Jun 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Jun 8, 2022
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Jun 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
Jun 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
May 26, 2022
Committee
Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Jun 30, 2021
Committee
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
upper
Jun 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
Jun 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
Jun 28, 2021
Committee
Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Jun 16, 2021
Committee
Re-ref Com On Finance
upper
Jun 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
Jun 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
May 20, 2021
Committee
Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Apr 5, 2021
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
Apr 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amend Adopted A1
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Sub 2
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Re-ref Com On Appropriations
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Torbett
RRepublican
Co
Hugh Blackwell
RRepublican
Co
John Ager
DDemocratic
Co
Pricey Harrison
DDemocratic
Co
Verla Insko
DDemocratic
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