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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2333

Public schools; require staff training to assist with seizures.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 27, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2024, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE OR VENDOR AT EACH SCHOOL WHO HAS MET THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER SEIZURE RESCUE MEDICATION FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING SEIZURE DISORDER SYMPTOMS; TO REQUIRE TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSON TO BE CONSISTENT WITH GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA OR SIMILAR SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIANS OR OTHER RESPONSIBLE ADULT OF CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCE SEIZURE DISORDER SYMPTOMS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF NECESSARY MEDICATION, ALONG WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE CHILD'S MEDICAL PROVIDER; TO REQUIRE THE WRITTEN STATEMENT AND THE CHILD'S SEIZURE ACTION PLAN TO BE KEPT ON FILE BY THE SCHOOL NURSE OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR; TO EXEMPT SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH A STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLAN TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO A CHILD EXPERIENCING A SEIZURE EPISODE FROM CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY; 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 Senate

1 co-sponsor

Tyler McCaughn

Its course

January 16 to March 27, 2023, 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 action15 actions on 11 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 924 days

EducationJan 16 to Jan 3115 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 726 days

EducationFeb 15 to Feb 2813 days

Back in the SenateMar 7 to Mar 27 · stopped20 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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.

In the Senate Jan 16 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 7

  1. Feb 14Sent to the House
  2. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Education
  3. Feb 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 7Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 8 – Mar 27

  1. Mar 8Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 23Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: DeBar, Boyd and Polk
  4. Mar 24Conferees named in the House: Bennett, McCarty and Owen
  5. Mar 27Died in conference in the Senate
All 15 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 9AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 9Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 15Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 28Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 8Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 23Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  13. Mar 23Conferees Named DeBar,Boyd,PolkSenate
  14. Mar 24Conferees Named Bennett,McCarty,OwenHouse of Representatives
  15. Mar 27Died In ConferenceSenate