A resolution designating August 2008 as "National Truancy Prevention Month".
Latest action · Aug 1, 2008 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8015-8016; text as passed Senate: CR S8015-8016)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateAug 1, 2008
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates August 2008 as National Truancy Prevention Month.
Encourages law enforcement, school officials, the judiciary, community leaders, and the business community to work together to address truancy.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2008 to Jul 30, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Jul 25, 2008 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 28, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jul 28, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 28, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jul 28, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jul 30, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2008Markup Jul 31, 2008Reported Jul 31, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8015-8016; text as passed Senate: CR S8015-8016)
- Jul 31, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 31, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Jul 31, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 924.
- Jul 25, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jul 25, 2008Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7480-7481)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8015, S8021Text printed S8015 | Harry Reid D-NV, Maria Cantwell D-WA | Aug 1, 2008 |
| Senate | Text printed S7480 | — | Jul 25, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating August 2008 as "National Truancy Prevention Month".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2008Agreed to Senate
- Jul 31, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jul 25, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
