Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2402
DEI Program Ban; eliminate DEI programs in any state-funded institution.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC STATE ENTITIES, SUCH AS STATE AGENCIES, STATE BOARDS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FROM UTILIZING ANY STATE FUNDING TO CREATE, PROMOTE, OR CONDUCT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PROHIBIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL AND/OR STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM CONSIDERING THE RACE OF A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT AS A TERM OF ADMISSION; TO PROVIDE INSTANCES WHERE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MAY CONSIDER RACE AND/OR PROMOTE DIVERSITY; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR STATE AGENCIES, STATE BOARDS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 14 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 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 Senate Feb 14 – Mar 5
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Universities and Colleges
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 14Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Universities and CollegesSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate