Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2670
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades six through twelve.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
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
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 19 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 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 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.