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HB 1512 Higher educational institutions, public; academic credit for American Sign Language courses.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public institutions of higher education; academic credit for American Sign Language courses. Requires each public institution of higher education to develop policies for counting credit received for successful completion of foreign language courses, including American Sign Language courses, either in a secondary school or another institution of higher education toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance, placement, and course credit requirements of the public institution of higher education. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at the institution toward satisfaction of its foreign language course credit requirements.
FULL TEXT
- 12/20/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102772D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104315D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1512ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/20/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102772D
- 12/20/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/17 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/24/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104315D-H1
- 01/26/17 House: Read first time
- 01/27/17 House: Read second time
- 01/27/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104315D-H1
- 01/27/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1512H1
- 01/30/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/17 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/13/17 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/13/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/13/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/17 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/17/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1512ER)
- 02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/03/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/03/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)