SB901Introduced in the Senate
Creating truancy pre-trial diversion program
Introduced by Randy Smith, District 14
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
This bill creates a Truancy Pretrial Diversion Program that allows parents, guardians, and custodians of truant children an opportunity to remedy the truancy prior to conviction, allows for additional delays in sentencing to address the underlying truancy, and requires the Department of Human Services to provide home-based family preservation services when ordered by a magistrate or circuit court judge.
Where it stands
To Finance
February 25, 2026
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Bill history
Filed for introduction
To Judiciary then Finance
Introduced in Senate
To Judiciary
Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
To Finance
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