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Education committee: key votes on school mask, cellphone and related bills
Summary
The House Education Committee took recorded votes on a series of bills affecting school masking, cell phone policies, library materials and other education issues. Several measures passed or were retained; several were held for later consideration.
The House Education Committee took recorded action on multiple bills during its session, voting on amendments and final recommendations that the full House will consider.
A summary of formal actions the committee recorded: HB 763 (AEDs at athletic venues) — amendment 0743h adopted, motion carried 17-0; HB 781 (school cell phone policies) — committee adopted amendment 0733h and recommended ought-to-pass-as-amended, 16-1; HB 131 (companion to HB 781) — retained for further work, 17-0; HB 398 (Holocaust and genocide studies: disabilities language) — voted ITL (inexpedient to legislate), 17-0; HB 361 (prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools) — recommended ought to pass on the bill, 9-8; HB 286 (study on single superintendent per county) — recommended ITL, 17-0; HB 709 (allowing parents/guardians to enroll children in a district where they pay taxes) — retained, 9-8. Several other bills and amendments were held for later meetings.
Votes recorded in committee are advisory recommendations to the full House. The committee also directed members to prepare reports for the calendar and noted several bills were held to allow additional review and subcommittee work.
The committee generally front-loaded votes on "early" bills to allow staff to prepare reports for the House calendar.
Votes listed above are taken from roll-call entries recorded during the committee session.
