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CS/HB 7067: K-12 Scholarship Programs

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Education Committee ; Sullivan ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Altman ; Fine ; Fischer ; Roth

K-12 Scholarship Programs ; Revising initial scholarship eligibility criteria for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; requiring that priority be given to students whose household income levels do not exceed a specified amount or who are in foster care or out-of-home; requiring a scholarship-funding organization to refer students who did not receive a scholarship because of lack of funds to another scholarship-funding organization, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 6/26/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-95, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 641 (Ch. 2020-94)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/31/2020 House • Filed
2/3/2020 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 480
• Introduced -HJ 480
2/21/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/25/20, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
2/25/2020 House • CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 10 -HJ 677
2/27/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 675
2/28/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 681
3/3/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
3/6/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 842
• Amendment(s) failed (130329, 837673, 841565, 856839) -HJ 842, 846
• Amendment(s) adopted (090379) -HJ 842, 846
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/9/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 950
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 81 NAYS 39 -HJ 951
3/9/2020 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Education; Appropriations -SJ 565
• Received -SJ 565
3/10/2020 Senate • Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations -SJ 580
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1220 -SJ 580
• Read 2nd time -SJ 580
• Temporarily postponed -SJ 580
• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 653
3/11/2020 Senate • Amendment(s) pending (159850) -SJ 696, 723
• Temporarily postponed -SJ 696, 723
• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 724
3/12/2020 Senate • Pending amendment(s), failed (159850) -SJ 743
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/13/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 853
• CS passed; YEAS 21 NAYS 14 -SJ 853
3/13/2020 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1255
6/17/2020 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/25/2020 • Approved by Governor
6/26/2020 • Chapter No. 2020-95, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 641 (Ch. 2020-94)