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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 995

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Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option. (FE)

Family School — Attendance School — Board School — Building School — Curriculum

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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 this bill, no school board or school district employee may require a pupil

to wear a face covering while in school buildings or on school grounds if the pupil's

parent notifies the school board or employee that the parent elects to opt out of the

requirement on behalf of the pupil. The bill also requires a school board to offer a

full-time, in-person option to all pupils enrolled in the school district.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , J. Rodriguez (R) , James (R) , Katsma (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petersen (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Summerfield (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Vos (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

9 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Darling (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R)

Votes

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

Passed 8–5 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 60–32 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 19–11 Mar 8, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos, Steineke, Petersen, Vorpagel, Duchow, James, Born, Knodl, Cabral-Guevara, Zimmerman, Macco, Steffen, Kitchens, Tranel, Novak, Gundrum, Tusler, Thiesfeldt, Kuglitsch, Ramthun, Brandtjen, Summerfield, Dallman, Katsma, Tittl, Dittrich, J. Rodriguez, Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Magnafici, Edming, Pronschinske, Snyder, Brooks, Schraa, Swearingen, Wittke, Moses, Callahan, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Krug, Spiros, Tauchen, Plumer, Wichgers, Murphy, Loudenbeck, Behnke and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Jacque, Jagler, Stafsholt, Stroebel, Testin, LeMahieu and Bernier

  2. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  6. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 60, Noes 32, Paired 2

  11. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  16. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

  19. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Darling added as a cosponsor

  22. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 11

  26. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022

  29. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  30. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  31. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  32. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82