School to Prison Pipeline Bills 2022

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PASSED BY HOUSE AND SENATE

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HB 4 School principals; incident reports
Introduced by: Scott Wyatt [R]
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.

02/21/22  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N)

02/23/22  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N)

04/11/22  House: Governor's recommendation received by House

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SB 546 Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish
Introduced by: David W. Marsden [D]
Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot camps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a court to order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.

04/11/22  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/22)

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