Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3458
Directs the Department of Education to develop model policies related to the use of student cellular telephones and other personal electronic devices.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Directs each district school board to adopt a policy related to the use of student cell phones. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Directs the Department of Education to develop model policies related to the use of student cellular telephones and other personal electronic devices. Requires each district school board to adopt a policy that, at a minimum, complies with the least restrictive model policy developed by the department. Provides that a school district may be considered nonstandard for failure to comply with the requirements for the adoption of a policy.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 4 to June 27, 2025, 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 RepresentativesFeb 4 to Jun 27 · stopped143 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 4 to Feb 62 days
EducationFeb 6 to Jun 27 · stopped141 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 Feb 4 – Jun 27
- Feb 4Introduced
- Feb 6Sent to Education
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 4First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 6Referred to Education.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives