BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2259: Background checks/education

Expanding background check requirements for certain educational institutions.

Summary

Requires specified education entities to perform a criminal history record check before hiring an employee who will receive criminal history record information or personally identifiable information in another employee's criminal history record.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2259), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Enacted Enacted · Chapter 22, Laws of 2020

AN ACT Relating to the office of the superintendent of public instruction's authority to conduct criminal background checks;

Passed February 17, 2020

Version voted on: HB 2259

98 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	57	0	0	0
Republican	41	0	0	0

How each member voted

Passed March 3, 2020

Version voted on: HB 2259

48 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	20	0	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 18, 2020Effective date 6/11/2020.
Mar 18, 2020Chapter 22, 2020 Laws.
Mar 18, 2020Governor signed.
Mar 9, 2020Delivered to Governor.
Mar 6, 2020President signed.
Mar 5, 2020Speaker signed.
Mar 3, 2020Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Mar 3, 2020Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Mar 2, 2020Placed on second reading consent calendar.
Feb 25, 2020Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 24, 2020EDU - Majority; do pass.
Feb 19, 2020First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
Feb 17, 2020Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Feb 17, 2020Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 10, 2020Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Feb 6, 2020Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 4, 2020ED - Majority; do pass.
Jan 13, 2020First reading, referred to Education.
Dec 20, 2019Prefiled for introduction.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2259 (2025–26) Initiatives and referenda · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2259 (2023–24) Threats of harm to children · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2259 (2017–18) State auditor · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2259 (2015–16) Indecent exposure, crime of · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2259 (2013–14) Livestock nutrient managemnt · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2259 (2011–12) Higher education reporting · Enacted · Chapter 227, Laws of 2012
HB 2259 (2009–10) Public records act · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2259 (2007–08) Immunity/corrections officer · Did not pass · died in committee