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SB 238 Students; collection of demographic data, designation of race or ethnicity.
Introduced by: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Collection of student demographic data; prohibition. Prohibits local school boards from requiring a student or his parent to disclose information related to the student's race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent is given an option to designate "other" for the student's race or ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101379D pdf
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105946D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101379D
- 01/04/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105946D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18105946D-S1
- 01/29/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB238S1
- 01/30/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
- 01/30/18 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/18 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
- 02/05/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/16/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/26/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Read second time
- 03/05/18 House: Read third time
- 03/05/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER)
- 03/07/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
- 03/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)