STOP Bullying Act
Latest action · Jan 28, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
STOP Bullying Act
This bill requires the Department of Education to make grants for each state to establish a task force to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to May 18, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 18, 2022 |
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 Jan 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H251.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5286 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program that will support efforts at the State level to establish anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. | Reintroduction of | Dec 3, 2019 |
| HR 5307 | STOP Bullying Act | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 29, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program that will support efforts at the State level to establish anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STOP Bullying Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced 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.
