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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 1011

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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, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 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: Bernier (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R)

51 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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.

Full history

  1. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Bernier, Jacque, Jagler, LeMahieu, Stafsholt, Stroebel and Testin; cosponsored 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

  2. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 3, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

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

  7. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1