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CS/SB 1044: School Chaplains

GENERAL BILL by Education Pre-K -12 ; Grall

School Chaplains; Authorizing school districts and charter schools to adopt a policy to allow volunteer school chaplains; requiring district school boards and charter school governing boards to assign specified duties to such volunteer school chaplains; requiring school districts that adopt volunteer school chaplain policies to publish certain information on their websites; providing background screening requirements for volunteer school chaplains, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024

Last Action: 3/6/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to HB 931 -SJ 749

Bill Text [pdf]

Current Bill Version Posted: 02/07/2024 at 08:22 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Education Pre-K -12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Education (AED)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 931 (er) by McClain, Daniels School Chaplains Last Action: 4/19/2024 Chapter No. 2024-103	Similar

• Analyses (4)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Appropriations Committee on Education (Pre-Meeting) 2/19/2024
  • Appropriations Committee on Education (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2024
  • Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/23/2024
  • Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/26/2024

• Committee Votes (2)

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  Date	Committee	Result
  2/20/2024 8:30 AM	Appropriations Committee on Education	4 Yeas - 1 Nays
  2/26/2024 2:00 PM	Rules	14 Yeas - 5 Nays

• Citations - Statutes (2)

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  Citation and Catchline	Location in Bill
  1012.461	Page 1 [pdf]
  1012.465 Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees and contractors.	Page 2 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/20/2023	S	• Filed
  1/4/2024	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K -12; Judiciary; Rules
  1/9/2024	S	• Introduced
  2/1/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 02/06/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/6/2024	S	• CS by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
  2/7/2024	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Education Pre-K -12 read 1st time
  2/8/2024	S	• Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary • Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Education; Rules • Now in Appropriations Committee on Education
  2/15/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Education, 02/20/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/20/2024	S	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Education; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 • Now in Rules
  2/21/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/26/2024	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
  2/27/2024	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/4/2024	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/24
  3/6/2024	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 748 • Substituted HB 931 -SJ 749 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 931 -SJ 749

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