Education; meetings of the State Board of Education; authorizing members to add items to agendas; procedure for adding; emergency.
HB 1491, concerning education and meetings of the State Board of Education, has been amended to modify specific criteria related to professional conduct. The amendment replaces the broad term "incompetency in the performance of duty" with a more precise requirement: a conviction for offenses listed in Sections 3-104 and 3-104.1 of the title. Additionally, it removes "neglect of any professional duty" as a standalone basis for action. These changes affect the grounds upon which certain professional determinations within the education sector may be made.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Apr 15, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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Floor (House)
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The bill text was reformatted from a House Committee Substitute version to the Floor version, with minor structural adjustments to the header and page numbering. The substantive policy content regarding the State Board of Education meeting procedures remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Header formatting changed from 'HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with updated page numbering and footer information.
Sponsorship attribution text was slightly reorganized to explicitly list both Johns of the House and Reinhardt of the Senate.
Page 1 footer changed from 'Req. No. 13207' to 'HB1491 HFLR' with added note about bold face denoting committee amendments.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 16
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Oversight
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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