Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Education Committee on November 7, 2019. The 2018–2019 session has ended.
2018–2019 Session
Assembly Bill 5780
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Aug 27
Shanique Speight, Ronald S. Dancer
Chief co-sponsors from Nov 7
Its course
November 7 to November 7, 2019, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the General AssemblyNov 7 to Nov 7 · stopped0 days
EducationNov 7 to Nov 7 · stopped0 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.