2026 Regular Session
HB4115
Teachers; professional development hours; effective date; emergency.
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Dislikes
HB 4115 increases allowable professional development hours for teachers without improving academic instruction, classroom autonomy, or student learning outcomes. The bill shifts teacher time away from classrooms and toward centralized training, aligning with workforce-development compliance models rather than educational excellence. At a time of teacher shortages and burnout, expanding mandatory training hours worsens the problem it claims to address. HB 4115 treats teachers like workforce trainees instead of educators — increasing meetings while students lose instruction time.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 4, 2026 · House
House: Common Education Committee: DO PASS
Passed
10 yea–0 nay
February 25, 2026 · House
House: Education Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
9 yea–0 nay
March 9, 2026 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
89 yea–0 nay · 10 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2026 · Senate
Education
February 3, 2026 · House
Education Oversight
February 3, 2026 · House
Common Education
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Second Reading referred to Education
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Senate First Reading
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House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for engrossment
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House Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0 View roll call
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House General Order
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House Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)
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House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
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House Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
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House Referred to Common Education
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House Second Reading referred to Education Oversight
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House Authored by Representative West (Tammy)
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House First Reading