Maryland Senate Bill 188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-21 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to choose not to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes certain actions conducted on a live, dead, or severed part of an animal; authorizing a student to choose not to participate in or observe the classwork or assessment on the day that it is scheduled to be performed; requiring a certain student to complete the required classwork or assessment by a certain alternative educational method that meets certain requirements; etc.

Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Choice Policy

Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-21	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2019-01-23	Senate	Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-23	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0188?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0188f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0188.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0188_ehe.pdf