Senator Wise’s antievolution bill (SB 2396) had been assigned to the regular K-12 education committee and the appropriations K-12 committee. I’ve been checking the schedules for these two committees and it looks like 2396 is not on the docket for either committee this week. Good news, but there’s still a long way to go. We can only hope this Florida bill meets the same fatal fate Iowa’s bill did.
House File 183, the so-called Evolution Academic Freedom Act, died in committee in the Iowa House of Representatives on March 13, 2009.
Brandon,
Does it have to pass both committees, and if so, does it pass one and then get referred to the next, or is it independent consideration?
The committees consider the bill independently.
I believe it must pass in both committees, but I don’t know that for certain.
Ronda Storms’ bill was in two Senate committees last year, and it passed both. I don’t know what would happen if one refused to approve it.
Why don’t we call these bills precisely what they are?
Namely Trojan horses for the forcing of mythology and magic into science classes?
Gather together representatives on the reality-based side and tell them to put forward the following message:
“We’ll vote for your bill on one condition – that you rename it the Forcing Mythology And Magic Into Science Classes Act”.