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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 240

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans.

Minority groups School — Administration School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program

designed to give pupils an understanding of human relations, particularly with

regard to American Indians, Black Americans, and Hispanics. This bill directs

school boards to include in that instructional program information related to

understanding human relations with regard to Hmong Americans and Asian

Americans.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , James (R) , Pfaff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Tomczyk (R)

44 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Carpenter (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Donovan (R) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , McGuire (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Riemer (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Feb 27, 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. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, James, Agard, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Tusler, Hong, Shankland, C. Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Cabrera, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Donovan, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Madison, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Sinicki, Wichgers and Allen

  2. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Apr 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Shelton added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Bare added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  6. Jun 5, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  7. Aug 1, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  8. Aug 28, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 19, 2023 · Senate

    Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor

  10. Oct 30, 2023 · Senate

    Senator L. Johnson added as a coauthor

  11. Nov 1, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  12. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Riemer added as a cosponsor

  13. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  14. Jan 23, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  15. Feb 27, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  16. Feb 27, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  17. Feb 27, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  19. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1