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2025R: SB223 ACT 400

TO CREATE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT OF 2025.

Latest action: Notification that SB223 is now Act 400

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Sponsor	Role
M. Johnson	lead
A. Brown	primary

When	Chamber	Action
Feb 12, 2025, 4:57 p.m. CT	Senate	Filed
Feb 12, 2025, 5:03 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
Feb 18, 2025, 8:02 a.m. CT	Senate	Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
Feb 18, 2025, 8:02 a.m. CT	Senate	Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Feb 18, 2025, 10:42 a.m. CT	Senate	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Feb 18, 2025, 10:42 a.m. CT	Senate	Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
Feb 24, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Feb 25, 2025, 3:20 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Feb 25, 2025, 3:20 p.m. CT	Senate	Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
Feb 25, 2025, 4:37 p.m. CT	House	RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Feb 25, 2025, 5:10 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Mar 18, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Mar 19, 2025, 3:12 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Mar 19, 2025, 3:12 p.m. CT	House	Returned to the Senate as passed.
Mar 19, 2025, 7:37 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned from the House as passed.
Mar 19, 2025, 7:38 p.m. CT	Senate	ORDERED ENROLLED
Mar 20, 2025, 8:49 a.m. CT	Senate	Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
Mar 20, 2025, 8:49 a.m. CT	Senate	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
Mar 31, 2025, 1:36 p.m. CT	Senate	Notification that SB223 is now Act 400

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Feb 17, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	Senate Education · Senate Room 207	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Feb 24, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	Senate Education · Senate Room 207	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Feb 25, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: S1 (Senate) by M. Johnson, filed Feb 17, 2025, 5:16 p.m. CT.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
S1	Senate	M. Johnson	Feb 17, 2025, 5:16 p.m. CT

Fiscal impact

Other1 · Mar 12, 2025

Committee actions

Do Pass · House · Mar 18, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Do Pass · Senate · Feb 24, 2025, 1:38 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

Floor roll calls

House · RCS 662

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 3:12:49 PM · arkleg

79Yea

17Nay

4Not voting

0Present

0Excused

Yea (79)

Nay (17)

Not voting (4)

Senate · RCS 327

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 3:20:29 PM · arkleg

25Yea

8Nay

2Not voting

0Present

0Excused

Yea (25)

Nay (8)

Not voting (2)

Ronald Caldwell (R)
J. Dismang

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