Ghazala Hashmi
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 15
Primary
Policies on parental notification of instructional material that includes sexually explicit content; scope and use. Provides that nothing in the law requiring the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and requiring each school board to adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies or that is in such model policies or school board policies shall be construed to permit the censoring of books in any public elementary or secondary school. This bill is identical to HB 571.
Requires 2/3 members present
Passed in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N)
Passed by for the day
Vetoed by Governor
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (SB235ER)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB235ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Passed House (53-Y 46-N)
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Education
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
Impact statement from DPB (SB235)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104437D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104437D | PDF HTML |
| SB235ER | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB235FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB235F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: SB235AG | HTML |
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