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2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 278

AN ACT CONCERNING TRUANCY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 4, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require school districts making a referral to the court because of truancy problems to file such referral not later than fifteen days after a parent or person having control of a child who is truant fails to attend a meeting to discuss such truancy or otherwise fails to cooperate with the school attempting to solve such truancy problem; to require the State Board of Education to define "excused absence" and "unexcused absence" for uniformity in data collection and analysis in school district truancy problems; and to require the State Board of Education to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on truancy data and school district truancy programs.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Gail K. Hamm

    Its course

    February 24 to May 4, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action23 actions on 12 days

    In the SenateFeb 24 to May 368 days

    Education CommitteeFeb 24 to Mar 2327 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 21 to Apr 232 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 3 to May 4 · stopped1 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 3

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 3

    • Senate floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected May 3

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 24 – May 3

    1. Introduced and sent to Education Committee
    2. Heard in Education Committee
    3. Education Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. Appropriations Committee recommended it
    6. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    7. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment B
    8. The Senate rejected Senate Amendment C
    9. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendments A and B

    In the House of Representatives May 3

    1. Sent to the House of Representatives
    All 23 actions, as published