Vision Screening/Public School Students

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Apr 23, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House · House Education
2. May 8, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits · House Education
3. May 23, 2024HousePassed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT38–0 vote
4. May 23, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Education Committee in Senate · Senate Education
5. Jun 12, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · Senate Education
6. Jun 25, 2024SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
7. Sep 19, 2024GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans.

• DH Debra HeffernanD Primary sponsor · District 6
• SD Sherry Dorsey WalkerD Joint sponsor · District 3
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• LV Laura V. SturgeonD Joint sponsor · District 4