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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 459

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Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

School — Curriculum State superintendent of public instruction

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

This bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to incorporate

cursive writing into the model academic standards for English language arts. This

bill also requires a school board, independent charter school, and private school

participating in a parental choice program to include cursive writing in its respective

curriculum for the elementary grades. Specifically, each elementary school

curriculum must include the objective that pupils be able to write legibly in cursive

by the end of fifth grade.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Haywood (D) , James (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , L. Myers (D) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

11 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Edming (R) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Jan 28, 2020 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 37

Passed 62–37 Feb 20, 2020 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. Sep 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Ballweg, Bowen, Brostoff, Gundrum, James, Haywood, Krug, Kuglitsch, Mursau, L. Myers, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tusler and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Johnson, Nass, Carpenter, Jacque, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard

  2. Sep 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Oct 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Nov 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vruwink withdrawn as a coauthor

  8. Jan 14, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Pronschinske added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 22, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  12. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:09 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  13. Feb 19, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Brostoff withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Doyle, Shankland, Cabrera, Billings, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Subeck, Emerson, Bowen, Vining and Brostoff

  16. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 37

  17. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  25. Apr 9, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received