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2016 SESSION
SB 587 Compulsory school attendance cases; prosecution by attorneys for the Commonwealth.
Introduced by: Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Attorneys for the Commonwealth; prosecution of compulsory school attendance cases. Provides that if the attorney for the Commonwealth declines to prosecute violations of compulsory school attendance laws by a child alleged to be a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision the division superintendent's designee may pursue proceedings against the child. Under current law the attorney for the Commonwealth is mandated to prosecute all such cases; this bill will make prosecution mandatory only for alleged violations by parents.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102519D pdf
- 02/10/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105385D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102519D
- 01/13/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/28/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/10/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105385D-S1
- 02/12/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/15/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/15/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105385D-S1
- 02/15/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB587S1
- 02/15/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/16 House: Read first time
- 02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/08/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice