Key Votes
HB 4091 - Anti-Bullying Bill - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Bill Huizenga voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 17, 2007 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- March 28, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 23, 2007 Introduced
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - April 17, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (66-43) - March 28, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Anti-Bullying Bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
A vote to pass a bill requiring the Department of Education to create anti-bullying and anti-harassment guidelines.
Highlights:
- Urges school districts to work with law enforcement agencies in the implementation of the schools policy [sec. 1310C.].
- Requires the Department of Education to create an anti-bullying policy that conforms to the State Board of Educations Model Anti-Bullying Policy, which covers bullying based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression [sec. 1310C.].
- Requires the Department of Education to make this new policy available to public and private schools, and suggests schools adopt the policy [sec. 1310C.].
- Requires, in conjunction with HB 4162, that if schools dont adopt this new policy, then they implement their own policies in conformity with the State Board of Educations Model Anti-Bullying Policy [Sec. 1310C].
- States that if HB 4162 is not enacted, then this bill will not take effect [Enacting Section 1].
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 23, 2007
Title: Anti-bullying bill
Sponsors
- Aldo Vagnozzi (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Frank Accavitti Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kathy Angerer (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bob J. 'Bob' Constan (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- George C. Cushingberry Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Dean (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lee Gonzales (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martin J. Griffin (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael A. Lahti (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- LaMar Lemmons Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tim Melton (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gino H. Polidori (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alma Wheeler Smith (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven H. Tobocman (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rebekah Warren (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
