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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 359

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directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program

designed to give pupils knowledge of state, national, and world history. This bill

directs school boards to include the role of the Hmong in fighting for the United

States in the Vietnam War, the persecution of the Hmong by the Laotian government

after the Vietnam War, and the reasons for the emigration of many Hmong to the

United States.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Coggs (D) , Hansen (D) , Lehman (D) , Plale (D) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

13 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Black (D) , Fields (D) , Grigsby (D) , Hintz (D) , Kessler (D) , Pocan (D) , Seidel (D) , Shilling , Soletski (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Turner (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Dec 21, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 20, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lehman, Coggs, Plale, Wirch, Hansen and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Kessler, Seidel, Turner, Berceau, Black, Fields, Grigsby, Hintz, Shilling, Pocan, Spanbauer and Zepnick

  2. Oct 20, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Dec 2, 2009 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lehman

  4. Dec 3, 2009 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 15, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1