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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 545

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Relating to: technical college district board membership.

Citizenship Technical college Technical college system board

  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 current law, technical college district boards must be composed of nine

members who are residents of the district. This bill requires that technical college

district board members also be United States citizens.

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schutt (R) , Vos (R)

3 cosponsors

Gustafson (R) , Marklein (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 4

Passed 10–4 Nov 2, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Jan 9, 2024 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. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, August, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Schutt and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Marklein

  2. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  6. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 by Committee on Rules

  8. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  9. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges

  16. Dec 6, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Jan 3, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Jan 9, 2024 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  19. Jan 9, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 11

  25. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-18-2024

  28. Mar 26, 2024 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  29. Mar 29, 2024 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024

  30. May 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  31. May 15, 2024 · Assembly

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