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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 299

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Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor.

School — Board School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights School — Health program School — State aid

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, unless specifically allowed by a statute, the common law

doctrine of incompatibility prohibits a person from holding two or more public

positions when the duties of each position might conflict, or when one position might

be seen as superior to the other. This bill creates an exception to the doctrine of

incompatibility that allows a school board member to act as a volunteer coach or as

a supervisor for an extracurricular activity if the school board member does not

receive compensation for coaching or supervising the extracurricular activity, the

school board member agrees to abstain from voting on issues substantially and

directly related to the activity he or she coaches or supervises, and the school board

receives the results of a criminal background investigation of the school board

member.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , C. Taylor (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Kahl (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R)

8 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Horlacher (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Sep 18, 2015 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. Aug 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Tittl, Petryk, Kremer, Kitchens, E. Brooks, Ballweg, A. Ott, Sinicki, Murphy, C. Taylor, Quinn, Kahl, Brandtjen and Rohrkaste; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Marklein, Bewley, Wirch, Vinehout and L. Taylor

  2. Aug 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Horlacher added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  7. Sep 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1