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2017 SESSION
SB 997 Public schools; student discipline.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public schools; student discipline. Prohibits students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than 10 days or expelled except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, certain criminal acts, or if the underlying conduct involves other weapons, inappropriate sexual behavior, or serious bodily injury.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102852D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105091D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105406D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/03/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102852D
- 01/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105091D-S1
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105091D-S1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB997S1
- 02/07/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 02/07/17 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/09/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/17 House: Read first time
- 02/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/13/17 House: Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105406D-H1
- 02/14/17 House: Read second time
- 02/15/17 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/17 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/17 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/17 House: Read third time
- 02/20/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105406D-H1
- 02/20/17 House: Defeated by House (46-Y 50-N)
- 02/20/17 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (46-Y 50-N)