SB 727-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to Holocaust and genocide studies legislation and establishing a commission to study genocide education.
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SB 727-FN-LOCAL (2020)
relative to Holocaust and genocide studies legislation and establishing a commission to study genocide education.
- Status: Died on the table
- Term: 2019-2020
- Senate committee: Education and Workforce Development
- Subject: Education - General
The Story
It was introduced on January 8, 2020 and referred to the Senate Education and Workforce Development committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 3, 2020. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2020-1021s). On March 11, 2020 the Senate adopted “Special Order to 03/12/2020, Without Objection”. On March 12, 2020 the Senate adopted “Special Order to the Beginning of Educations and Workforce Development, Without Objection”. The committee's amendment (2020-1021s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 12, 2020, changing the text of the bill. On March 12, 2020 the Senate voted to pass it with changes and ordered it to a third reading.
Sponsors
- Sen. Jay Kahn (D - SD10) (prime sponsor)
- Sen. Melanie Levesque (D - SD12)
- Sen. Cindy Rosenwald (D - SD13)
- Sen. Regina Birdsell (R - SD19)
- Sen. Ruth Ward (R - SD8)
- Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D - SD21)
- Sen. Kevin Cavanaugh (D - SD16)
- Sen. Sharon Carson (R - SD14)
- Sen. John Reagan (R - SD17)
- Sen. Jeb Bradley (R - SD3)
- Sen. Tom Sherman (D - SD24)
- Sen. Donna Soucy (D - SD18)
- Rep. Susan Ford (D - Graf 3)
Hearings and Sessions
- March 3, 2020, 9:15 AM: hearing, Senate Education and Workforce Development, LOB 103
Votes
- March 12, 2020, Senate: Ought to Pass with Amendment — yeas 24, nays 0, passed
The Docket
- January 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development
- March 3, 2020: Hearing: 03/03/2020, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am
- March 11, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2020-1021s , 03/11/2020
- March 11, 2020: Special Order to 03/12/2020, Without Objection, MA; 03/11/2020
- March 12, 2020: Special Order to the Beginning of Educations and Workforce Development, Without Objection, MA; 03/12/2020
- March 12, 2020: Committee Amendment #2020-1021s , AA, VV; 03/12/2020
- March 12, 2020: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1021s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/12/2020
- June 30, 2020: Introduced and Laid on Table MA VV 06/30/2020
- September 23, 2020: Died on Table
Laws It Would Change
Related Bills
- HB 1135 (2020): naming a portion of route 49 in honor of Specialist Marc P. Decoteau; designating a portion of state route 125 as Officer Stephen Arkell Memorial Highway; declaring June 6 as D-Day Remembrance Day; proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day; naming certain courtrooms in the tenth circuit district court and relative to circuit court, district and family division cases in Rockingham county; and relative to Holocaust and genocide studies legislation and establishing a commission to study genocide education.
- HB 1135 (2020): naming a portion of route 49 in honor of Specialist Marc P. Decoteau; designating a portion of state route 125 as Officer Stephen Arkell Memorial Highway; declaring June 6 as D-Day Remembrance Day; proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day; naming certain courtrooms in the tenth circuit district court and relative to circuit court, district and family division cases in Rockingham county; and relative to Holocaust and genocide studies legislation and establishing a commission to study genocide education.