2025 bills / S.B. 279
S.B. 279 High School Rodeo Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill changes the definition of a valid excuse for school absence so that a student who competes in a rodeo sanctioned by certain organizations counts as having a valid excuse. It also makes some minor technical wording changes.
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Official description
- amends the definition of "valid excuse" to include a student that competes in a rodeo sanctioned by certain organizations
- makes technical changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 279 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 279 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 1 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 62 yes, 5 no, 8 absentFinal House vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how