Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools

What it does

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

Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to coordinate with school districts selected by the Department of Education to implement a policy for a specified school year prohibiting the use of cell phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain activities off school grounds; requiring the department to provide a report to the Legislature before a specified date; providing requirements for the report, etc.

Every action

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

1. Feb 26, 2025SenateFiled
2. Mar 6, 2025CommitteeReferred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules · Senate Education Pre-K - 12
3. Mar 10, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 26, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Education Pre-K - 12
5. Mar 31, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Education Pre-K - 129–0 vote
6. Mar 31, 2025CommitteeNow in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
7. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
8. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Danny BurgessR Primary sponsor · District 23