STEP Act of 2018
Latest action · Mar 15, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Training, Equipment, and Protection Act of 2018 or the STEP Act of 2018
This bill requires specified funds from student support and academic enrichment grants to be provided to elementary and secondary schools for security purposes, including barricade and surveillance technology, individualized active shooter alarms, security and active shooter training, coordination activities with law enforcement agencies, and vulnerability assessments.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2018 to May 21, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 15, 2018 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | May 16, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | May 21, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2018Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 46, March 15, 2018, page H1652.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that certain Federal education funds be used for the improvement of security at elementary and secondary schools.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- STEP Act of 2018
- School Training, Equipment, and Protection Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Education
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- School administration
- State and local government operations
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2018Introduced in House
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 bill 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.
