09RS HB155

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HB 155 (BR 484) - A. Koenig, M. Dossett, C. Embry Jr., K. Hall, B. Housman, R. Meeks, D. Osborne, R. Weston

AN ACT relating to instruction in voting.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require secondary schools to provide information to twelfth-grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and vote using an absentee ballot; recommend instructional methods.

HB 155 - AMENDMENTS

HFA (1, R. Palumbo) - Add provision to encourage each school to include historical data about women's suffrage.

SFA (1, D. Thayer) - Add provision to require that the information given to students be conveyed in a nonpartisan manner.

     Jan 8-introduced in House
     Feb 3-to Education (H)
     Feb 6-posted in committee
     Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
     Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 12-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 23, 2009
     Feb 13-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
     Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (1)
     Feb 25-received in Senate
     Feb 27-to State & Local Government (S)
     Mar 6-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Mar 9-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed

Vote History

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