MD HB623 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-19 - Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring that public school personnel, parents, and students receive educational information concerning the health effects of student use of overweight backpacks; authorizing a county board of education to allow Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine to conduct scoliosis examinations on students in the county schools; requiring school personnel to engage parent-teacher associations and students to assess matters concerning students' use of backpacks and to promote certain strategies relating to students' backpack usage; etc.

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Title

Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects

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History

DateChamberAction
2018-02-19HouseUnfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn
2018-02-13HouseHearing canceled
2018-02-15HouseHearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-29HouseFirst Reading Ways and Means

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