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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 249

Public school curriculum; require instruction in mental illness as part of Health Education.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN THE HEALTH EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO DESCRIBE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MENTAL HEALTH INSTRUCTION; TO REQUIRE IN-SERVICE TRAINING ON MENTAL ILLNESS FOR LICENSED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; 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

Its course

January 17 to March 5, 2024, 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 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days

EducationJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published