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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 741

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Relating to: national reading program grants. (FE)

Children and families department of Literacy Loan Organization miscellaneous

  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

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to establish a

program to award grants for the provision of books to young children. Under the

grant program, DCF may award grants of no more than $10,000 each to nonprofit

organizations as reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the cost of books that the

organizations provide in partnership with a national reading program that has been

in existence since at least 2003 and that mails age-appropriate books free of charge

to children from birth to age five, regardless of family income.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , August (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schmidt (R) , Subeck (D)

10 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Swearingen (R) , Vining and Tranel , Wittke (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Feb 14, 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. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives August, Kitchens, O'Connor, Subeck, Krug, Plumer, Novak, Penterman, Hurd, Binsfeld, Allen, Rettinger, Murphy, Brandtjen, Melotik, Mursau, Gustafson, Petryk, Michalski, Schmidt and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer

  2. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Representatives Vining and Tranel added as coauthors

  8. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Wittke added as a coauthor

  9. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Callahan added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Swearingen added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  13. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  16. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1