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SB158Introduced in the Senate

Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools

IntroducedSenate Education, Energy, and the Environment

Introduced by Arthur Ellis, District 28

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students who are ineligible for transportation services may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.

Where it stands

Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

January 16, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

  3. Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

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