SENATE BILL 1361
RS31314 / S1361
This legislation would ensure that patrons of a public school district or charter school have the ability to provide in-person public comment at regular meetings of school boards before the board takes final action on items. It promotes local control by requiring the school board to adopt their own rules of order and procedure, which will govern running board meetings and establish public comment standards – including reasonable time limits and conduct standards. It limits items for public comment to issues that appear on the agenda and prevents any privacy violations by prohibiting public comment on items that qualify for executive session such as personnel or student issues. Lastly, it provides patrons with the ability to request to appear on specific items using the board’s established procedures.
This legislation does not result in any change to the costs of state or local governments because it simply requires that school boards adopt their own rules of order and procedure and establish public comment standards.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/12 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing |
| 02/13 | Reported Printed; referred to Education |
| 02/23 | Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment |
| 02/28 | Placed in the Committee of the Whole |
| 02/28 | Reported out without recommendation, as amended |
| 02/28 | Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment |
| 02/28 | Amendments reported printed |
| 02/28 | Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended |
| 02/28 | Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading |
| 02/29 | Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading |
| 03/05 | Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Anthon Floor Sponsor - Carlson Title apvd - to House |
| 03/06 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading |
| 03/06 | Read First Time, Referred to Education |
| 03/11 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/12 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/13 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 03/14 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-8-2 AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Dixon(1), Necochea, Roberts, Rubel Absent – Galaviz, Shepherd Floor Sponsor - Nelsen Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/15 | Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling |
| 03/18 | Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker |
| 03/19 | Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate |
| 03/19 | Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor |
| 03/20 | Reported delivered to Governor at 4:52 p.m. on 03/19/24 |
| 03/22 | Signed by Governor on 03/21/24 Session Law Chapter 133 Effective: 07/01/2024 |