US Congress House Bill 3659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Engrossed on September 17 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishes the Anti-Bullying Roundtable as an independent commission to study and report on bullying in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Specifically, the roundtable must submit to the Department of Education (ED), and ED must make publicly available, a report on best practices concerning bullying, including cyberbullying. The report must contain recommendations for (1) preventing bullying, (2) educating school officials to recognize bullying, (3) helping parents to address the early warning signs of bullying with their children, (4) addressing the underlying causes of bullying behavior, and (5) addressing bullying of at-risk students. Further, the report must include examples of successful evidence-based bullying prevention programming. In addition, the roundtable must submit a final report to ED and Congress containing (1) a detailed statement of its findings and conclusions, and (2) recommendations for lawmakers regarding effective bullying prevention policies.

Danny's Law

Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-17	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2020-09-16	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-09-16	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4449-4450)
2020-09-16	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3659.
2020-09-16	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4449-4452)
2020-09-16	House	Ms. Stevens moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-07-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-07-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3659/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3659/BILLS-116hr3659ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3659/BILLS-116hr3659eh.pdf