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SB559: Composite index, local; number of students.

This vote on SB559 was held in the Senate. This vote passed 38-1-1.

Yes

No

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Explanation

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Status History

  • 01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086251288
  • 01/09/2008 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 01/17/2008 Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
  • 01/17/2008 Rereferred to Finance
  • 01/18/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB559)
  • 02/05/2008 Reported from Finance with substitute (7-Y 5-N 1-A)
  • 02/06/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2008 Committee substitute printed 082569288-S1
  • 02/07/2008 Read second time
  • 02/07/2008 Passed by for the day
  • 02/08/2008 Read second time
  • 02/08/2008 Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/08/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 082569288-S1
  • 02/08/2008 Reading of amendment waived
  • 02/08/2008 Amendment by Senator Petersen rejected
  • 02/08/2008 Passed by for the day
  • 02/11/2008 Read second time
  • 02/11/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB559S1
  • 02/11/2008 Passed by for the day
  • 02/12/2008 Read third time
  • 02/12/2008 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2008 Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 1-N)
  • 02/12/2008 Committee substitute rejected
  • 02/12/2008 Floor substitute printed 083374288-S2 (Obenshain)
  • 02/12/2008 Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/12/2008 Substitute by Senator Obenshain agreed to 083374288-S2
  • 02/12/2008 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB559S2
  • 02/12/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2008 Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
  • 02/12/2008 Communicated to House
  • 02/13/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB559S2)
  • 02/14/2008 Placed on Calendar
  • 02/14/2008 Read first time
  • 02/14/2008 Referred to Committee on Education
  • 02/20/2008 Reported from Education (16-Y 4-N)
  • 02/20/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/22/2008 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (Tata)
  • 02/27/2008 Reported from Appropriations with amendments (21-Y 2-N)
  • 02/29/2008 Read second time
  • 03/03/2008 Read third time
  • 03/03/2008 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 03/03/2008 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 03/03/2008 Passed House with amendments (76-Y 22-N)
  • 03/03/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (76-Y 22-N)
  • 03/05/2008 House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
  • 03/08/2008 Enrolled
  • 03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB559ER)
  • 03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/10/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB559ER)
  • 03/11/2008 Signed by President
  • 03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/12/2008 Signed by President
  • 03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 705 (effective 7/1/08)