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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1940 Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic engagement.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic engagement. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, each school board (i) shall permit one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student in the local school division who is absent from school to engage in a civic event and (ii) may permit additional excused absences for such students who are absent for such purposes. The bill also provides that local school boards may require that the student provide advance notice of the intended absence and require that the student provide documentation of participation in a civic event. This bill is identical to SB 1439.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103483D-H1 (Rasoul) pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1940ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/21 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/15/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/18/21 House: Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/19/21 House: Read first time
- 01/20/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/21/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103483D-H1 (Rasoul)
- 01/21/21 House: Read second time
- 01/21/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Rasoul agreed to 21103483D-H1
- 01/21/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1940H1
- 01/22/21 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/22/21 House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/15/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/15/21 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 13-N)
- 02/17/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/21 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (61-Y 38-N)
- 02/17/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 38-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1940ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/12/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/12/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)