Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 2475
Prohibits public institution of education or educational employee from requiring, compelling, coercing or otherwise directing student to acknowledge, affirm, declare, confess, state or in any way act in accordance with belief that any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another, that individual may be discriminated against or treated in different manner on basis of individual's membership in particular group or classification, or that any individual, by virtue of individual's membership in particular group or classification, endorses, benefits uniquely from or is inherently responsible for actions that other individuals with membership in same group or classification have taken.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Prohibits public institution of education or educational employee from requiring, compelling, coercing or otherwise directing student to acknowledge, affirm, declare, confess, state or in any way act in accordance with belief that any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another, that individual may be discriminated against or treated in different manner on basis of individual's membership in particular group or classification, or that any individual, by virtue of individual's membership in particular group or classification, endorses, benefits uniquely from or is inherently responsible for actions that other individuals with membership in same group or classification have taken. Prohibits public institution of education from providing, withholding or conditioning grading, academic credit or other educational benefits on basis of student's compliance with prohibited actions. Prohibits distinguishing between, classifying or assigning benefits or detriments to student on basis of student's membership in particular group or classification. Prohibits using public moneys for prohibited purposes. Permits any person to bring action to enjoin educational employee or public institution of education from taking prohibited action. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 9 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Jun 25 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 9 to Jan 112 days
EducationJan 11 to Jun 25 · stopped165 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 9 – Jun 25
- Jan 9Introduced
- Jan 11Sent to Education
- Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 9First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 11Referred to Education.House of Representatives
- Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives