Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 498
"Tim Tebow Act"; establish to provide equal access for homeschoolers to participate in public school extracurricular activities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TIM TEBOW ACT"; TO DEFINE THE TERMS "HOMESCHOOL" AND "INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY"; TO AUTHORIZE STUDENTS BEING EDUCATED IN HOMESCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A STUDENT BEING EDUCATED IN A HOMESCHOOL MAY PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SELECTION OF TEAMS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES; TO SPECIFY A WAITING PERIOD FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION WHEN A STUDENT TRANSFERS FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO A HOMESCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT; TO AUTHORIZE HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES TO ORGANIZE AND FORM EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY TEAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPETING AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE ASSOCIATION GOVERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO FACILITATE THE HOMESCHOOL TEAMS' PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY COMPETITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 6 to February 1, 2022, 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 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 days
EducationJan 6 to Feb 1 · 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.