Student Elopement
Summary
Student Elopement; Requiring public schools to create a School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team and a school elopement plan; providing requirements for the plan; providing for membership and responsibilities of the SAFE Team; requiring the SAFE Team to create student-specific elopement quick reference guides for certain students, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kristen Arrington
DDemocratic
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