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Senate roll call #343 · 2017–2018 session · March 22, 2018

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Official wording: S.2355, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed

Who filed S.2355

Sponsor Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.

32 Yes4 No3 did not vote

Passed

Every member's vote

Voted yes (32)
Voted no (4)
Did not vote (3)

What it means

Rewrites the state law on history and civics teaching in public schools, listing topics the curriculum framework must cover, such as government, the electoral process, media literacy and the ways civic participation has been restricted. Every student must have the chance to do at least 2 student-led civics projects, and one done after eighth grade becomes a high school graduation requirement for students entering high school in 2018-2019 or later. It creates a Civics Project Trust Fund to pay for teacher training, optional regional civics councils and an eighth-grade civics challenge, sets twice-yearly high school voter registration weeks, and creates a commission to study a youth civic and public service program.

Source: official text and history of S.2355 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.

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