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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 108

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Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip-searching a pupil.

School — Discipline and student rights School — Employee School — Finance

  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, it is a Class B misdemeanor for a school or school district

official, employee, or agent to conduct a strip search of a pupil. For purposes of this

prohibition, current law defines a “strip search” to mean a search in which a person's

genitals, pubic area, buttock, or anus, or a female person's breast, is uncovered and

either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search. This bill

expands this definition to include a search in which a person's naked or

underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple is uncovered

and either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search.

The bill does not change current law with regard to strip searches conducted

by law enforcement.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rodriguez (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

10 cosponsors

Felzkowski (R) , Gustafson (R) , James (R) , Nass (R) , O'Connor, C. Anderson and Macco , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stafsholt (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Oct 5, 2023 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. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Behnke, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bodden, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rodriguez, Rozar, Sortwell, Subeck and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Felzkowski, Nass, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jul 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  6. Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Representatives O'Connor, C. Anderson and Macco added as coauthors

  10. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1