HCONRES 328
110th Congress
House
Commemorations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Homosexuality
Local laws
School districts
Secondary education
Sexual orientation
Special days
State laws
Student activities
Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence with respect to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.
Introduced: April 15, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Apr 15, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 15, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local education authority to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committees of jurisdiction
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