The bill prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. Corporal punishment means the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child.

Year

2017

Current status

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (03/13/2017)
  • Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (02/15/2017)
  • House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/13/2017 - No Amendments (02/06/2017)
  • House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/06/2017 - No Amendments (02/01/2017)
  • House Second Reading Laid Over to 01/30/2017 - No Amendments (01/25/2017)
  • Introduced In House - Assigned to Education (01/11/2017)

Sponsors

S. Lontine / R. Zenzinger

Bill number

HB17-1038

Position

Support