Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Lesbian gay bisexual and transgender Public instruction department of School — Administration
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must award grants to
school boards to provide training in LGBTQIA+ rights, in a program developed or
approved by DPI, to school counselors and school social workers employed by school
boards. The bill defines “LGBTQIA+” as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex, or any other nonheterosexual or noncisgender orientation, identity, or
expression.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)
Full history
- Apr 11, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Considine, Neubauer, Snodgrass, Cabrera, Ratcliff, Clancy, J. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Joers, Sinicki and Subeck
- Apr 11, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 23, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received