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CS/HB 477: Background Screening

GENERAL BILL by Education Committee ; Sprowls ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Diaz, M.

Background Screening; Revises requirement relating to background screening of instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; provides additional offenses that determine ineligibility for educator certification or employment; revises requirements for submission, retention, search, & reporting of fingerprints of educational personnel & contractual personnel; provides for FDLE participation in national retained print arrest notification program.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/21/2015 House • Filed
1/28/2015 House • Referred to K-12 Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Education Committee -HJ 41
3/2/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- K-12 Subcommittee, 03/04/15, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 41
3/4/2015 House • Favorable by K-12 Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 172
• Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 172
3/17/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/19/15, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
3/19/2015 House • Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0 -HJ 285
3/20/2015 House • Now in Education Committee -HJ 285
3/24/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
3/26/2015 House • CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 351
3/30/2015 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Education Committee read 1st time -HJ 349
3/31/2015 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 353
4/28/2015 House • Died on Calendar