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2024 SESSION

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HB 253 School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation.

Introduced by: Joshua G. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on the expression of any other citizen participant in such meetings.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D
• 01/04/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
• 01/23/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/24/24  House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Read first time
• 01/29/24  House: Read second time
• 01/29/24  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/29/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB253E
• 01/29/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E
• 01/30/24  House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
• 01/30/24  House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
• 01/31/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/14/24  Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
• 02/22/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/26/24  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/26/24  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/26/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/26/24  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N)
• 02/28/24  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
• 02/28/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
• 03/05/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER)
• 03/05/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)