Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects.
What it does: <b>Digest: The Act would make new laws with respect to updates to academic content standards in certain core subjects. The updates must include standards about the causes and effects of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would make new laws that would require climate change instruction to be included in certain subjects taught in public schools. (official summary)
Question before the chamber: House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
The tally
Yes 32 · No 21 · Not voting 7
Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.
| Party | Yes | No | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 32 | 1 | 4 |
| Republicans | 0 | 20 | 3 |
Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 1 member voted against their party’s majority.
Voted against their party’s majority
- Cyrus JavadiD32No
The full roll (60)
Yes 32
- Andrea ValderramaD47
- April DobsonD39
- Ben BowmanD25
- Dacia GrayberD28
- Daniel NguyenD38
- David GombergD10
- Em LevyD53
- Farrah ChaichiD35
- Hai PhamD36
- Jason KropfD54
- John LivelyD7
- Jules WaltersD37
- Julie FaheyD14
- Ken HelmD27
- Mari WatanabeD34
- Mark GambaD41
- Nancy NathansonD13
- Nathan SosaD30
- Pam MarshD5
- Paul EvansD20
- Ricki RuizD50
- Rob NosseD42
- Sarah McDonaldD16
- Shannon IsadoreD33
- Sue Rieke SmithD26
- Susan McLainD29
- Tawna SanchezD43
- Thuy TranD45
- Tom AndersenD19
- Travis NelsonD44
- Willy ChotzenD46
- Zach HudsonD49
No 21
- Alek SkarlatosR4
- Anna ScharfR23
- Bobby LevyR58
- Boomer WrightR9
- Court BoiceR1
- Cyrus JavadiD32
- Darcey EdwardsR31
- Darin HarbickR12
- Dwayne YunkerR3
- Emily McIntireR56
- Greg SmithR57
- Jami CateR11
- Jeff HelfrichR52
- Kevin MannixR21
- Lucetta ElmerR24
- Mark OwensR60
- Rick LewisR18
- Vikki Breese IversonR59
- Virgle OsborneR2
- Werner ReschkeR55
- Former memberR
Not voting 7
- Annessa HartmanD40
- Ed DiehlR17
- Kim WallanR6
- Lesly MuñozD22
- Lisa FragalaD8
- Shelly DavisR15
- Former memberD
“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.