AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- THE MILITARY CHILD ACT
Summary
Defines "military-connected student" and provides advance enrollment and open enrollment school registration procedures to give the military connected student flexibility in choosing a school district.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2025
Last action Mar 21, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2025
How they voted
73–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 75
Mar 11, 2025
D
Democratic64
96% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
03/11/2025 House passed Sub A
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Legislature · Passed
03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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