Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 417
"Lexi's Law"; enact to require cursive handwriting to be included and taught in the elementary curriculum.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "LEXI'S LAW"; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM CONTENTS OF COURSES OF STUDY FOR ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE; TO REQUIRE THAT CURSIVE HANDWRITING BE TAUGHT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO ANNUALLY CERTIFY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT THE APPLICABLE SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE MEETING THE CURSIVE WRITING REQUIREMENTS; 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
January 5 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
EducationJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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.