Became P.L.2020, c.153, on January 7, 2021.
2020–2021 Session
Senate Bill 1028
Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 27
Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton
Chief co-sponsors from Feb 10
1 co-sponsor
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Nov 16
Angela V. McKnight, Britnee N. Timberlake
Chief co-sponsors from Nov 16
5 co-sponsors
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Mila M. Jasey, Shanique Speight, Pamela R. Lampitt, Joann Downey
Its course
January 30, 2020 to January 7, 2021, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Education5–0
Do pass as amended · Feb 13
Who voted how
Yea M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael J. Doherty, Ronald L. Rice, Samuel D. Thompson, Shirley K. Turner
Not voting Sandra B. Cunningham
Senate, third reading40–0
Passed · Mar 5
General Assembly, third reading74–0
Passed · Nov 16
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 13
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 Jan 30 – Mar 5
- Jan 30Introduced in the Senate and sent to Education
- Feb 13Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Mar 5Passed the Senate, 40 to 0
In the General Assembly Mar 5 – Nov 16
- Mar 5Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Education
- Oct 22Education recommended it
- Read a second time
- Nov 16Passed the General Assembly, 74 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 7, 2021
- Jan 7, 2021Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2020, c.153