2011 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 38

CHAPTER NUMBER: 487
File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 489
Sponsored By:
Delegates Waldstreicher, Branch, Cardin, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, Kipke, Luedtke, A. Miller, Myers, Rosenberg, Ross, Stein, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Walker
Entitled:
Nonpublic Schools Participating in State-Funded Education Programs - Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - Policies

Synopsis:

Requiring nonpublic schools that participate in State-funded education programs to adopt by March 31, 2012, a policy prohibiting bullying, harassment, and intimidation; requiring the policy to include specified provisions; encouraging nonpublic schools to develop the policy in consultation with specified groups and to publicize the policy in a specified manner; providing that specified employees who report acts of bullying, harassment, or intimidation are not civilly liable under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/17
First Reading Ways and Means
2/9
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/15
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order until 3/16 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
3/16
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (51-84)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Szeliga) Rejected (37-99)
Floor Amendment (Delegate McConkey) Rejected
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/18
Third Reading Passed (108-30)
4/7
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (100-35)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/21
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/4
Favorable with Amendments
Laid Over (Senator Jacobs) Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/5
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-1)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/19
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 487

Sponsored by:

Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Eric G. Luedtke, District 14
Delegate Aruna Miller, District 15
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
Delegate Michael G. Summers, District 47
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Jay Walker, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
Harassment
Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
Private Schools
Public Information
Reports
State Aid
Students
Teachers
Victims -see also- Criminal Injuries Compensation

Bill affects the following Statute:

Education
( 7-424.3 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 253222/01     Offered on: March 16, 2011   at: 11:13 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 453824/01     Offered on: March 16, 2011   at: 11:06 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 553624/01     Offered on: March 16, 2011   at: 11:08 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 575262/01     Offered on: March 15, 2011   at: 10:45 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 934236/01     Offered on: April 8, 2011   at: 1:56 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 16, 2011: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {453824/1 Rejected (51-84)
March 16, 2011: Floor Amendment (Szeliga) {553624/1 Rejected (37-99)
March 18, 2011: Third Reading Passed (108-30)
April 7, 2011: Third Reading Passed (100-35)
Senate
April 5, 2011: Third Reading Passed (46-1)