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2025R: HB1601 ACT 354

TO REQUIRE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE CAREER COUNSELING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO CERTAIN STUDENTS.

Latest action: Notification that HB1601 is now Act 354

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Sponsor	Role
L. Johnson	lead
J. Dotson	primary
McGruder	cosponsor

When	Chamber	Action
Feb 26, 2025, 1:22 p.m. CT	House	Filed
Feb 26, 2025, 5:34 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Mar 6, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
Mar 10, 2025, 8:35 a.m. CT	House	Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
Mar 10, 2025, 8:35 a.m. CT	House	Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
Mar 10, 2025, 12:43 p.m. CT	House	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Mar 11, 2025, 2:24 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Mar 11, 2025, 4:19 p.m. CT	Senate	Received from the House.
Mar 11, 2025, 4:19 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
Mar 17, 2025, 1:39 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Mar 18, 2025, 3:12 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Mar 18, 2025, 3:12 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned to the House as passed.
Mar 18, 2025, 4:06 p.m. CT	House	Returned from the Senate as passed.
Mar 18, 2025, 4:06 p.m. CT	House	TO BE ENROLLED
Mar 19, 2025, 8:57 a.m. CT	House	Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Mar 20, 2025, 10:45 a.m. CT	House	Notification that HB1601 is now Act 354

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Mar 6, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	House Education Committee · Committee Room 138	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 11, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 17, 2025, 9:30 a.m. CT	Senate Education · Senate Room 207	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 18, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: H1 (House) by L. Johnson, filed Mar 6, 2025, 1:17 p.m. CT.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
H1	House	L. Johnson	Mar 6, 2025, 1:17 p.m. CT

Fiscal impact

Other1 · Mar 12, 2025

Committee actions

Do Pass · Senate · Mar 17, 2025, 1:39 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Do Pass as amended · House · Mar 6, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

Floor roll calls

Senate · RCS 614

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 3:12:32 PM · arkleg

34Yea

0Nay

0Not voting

0Present

1Excused

Yea (34)

Excused (1)

Bryan King (R)

House · RCS 522

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 2:24:46 PM · arkleg

95Yea

1Nay

3Not voting

1Present

0Excused

Yea (95)

Nay (1)

Hope Duke (R)

Present (1)

Wayne Long (R)

Not voting (3)

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