Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 49
School personnel; prohibit from engaging in political activity while in performance of official duties.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL FROM ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE IN PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF DISTRICT TIME, PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR PERSONNEL TO PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, DISSEMINATE, CIRCULATE OR COMMUNICATE ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY; TO PROHIBIT SOLICITING OR ATTEMPTS TO SOLICIT FUNDS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL ON BEHALF OF A POLITICAL ACTIVITY; TO PROHIBIT POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON SCHOOL PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY LIMITATION IMPOSED ON DISTRICT PERSONNEL ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO SUCH PERSON ON THEIR PERSONAL TIME; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL BY NOT ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND BY NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING ANY POLITICAL PARTY; TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.