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School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018

Introduced: March 29, 2018 Introduced by: Higgins, Clay Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 15, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3948)
May 15, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3948)
May 15, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5242.
May 15, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3947-3949)
May 15, 2018
Mr. Rokita moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 9, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Mar 9, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Education to conduct and submit to Congress a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at public elementary and secondary schools.

What's happening now May 16, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 5
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Apr 16, 2018
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Apr 2, 2018
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Mar 29, 2018
Brooks, Susan
· Mar 26, 2018
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Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Mar 23, 2018
Knight, Stephen
· Mar 14, 2018
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Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Mar 14, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5242: School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5242/
MLA
"H.R. 5242: School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5242/.
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H.R. 5242, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5242/.
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