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SB238

Students; collection of demographic data, designation of race or ethnicity.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Bill DeSteph (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. 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.

  • Bill History

  • 01/04/2018 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101379D
  • 01/04/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 01/25/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105946D-S1
  • 01/25/2018 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
  • 01/26/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2018 - Senate: Read second time
  • 01/29/2018 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 01/29/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18105946D-S1
  • 01/29/2018 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB238S1
  • 01/30/2018 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
  • 01/30/2018 - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
  • 02/02/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB238S1)
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 02/16/2018 - House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 02/26/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
  • 03/02/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 03/05/2018 - House: Read third time
  • 03/05/2018 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 03/05/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/2018 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 03/07/2018 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER)
  • 03/07/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB238ER)
  • 03/09/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/15/2018 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
  • 03/15/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 03/30/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 03/30/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)

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