Enacts the student suicide prevention act
Summary
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 13, 2025
Last action May 12, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was amended to add four new sponsors and update the legislative history to reflect committee actions. The text was updated to use more recent data from 2023 and 2024 regarding suicide statistics among LGBTQ+ youth. A minor technical change was made to the definition of 'school re-entry procedures,' changing it to 'school re-entry support.' These changes ensure the bill's statistics are current and reflect the latest legislative status.
TECHNICAL
Added four new sponsors (Shimsky, Torres, Bronson) and updated the procedural history to include additional committee reports.
REQUIREMENT
Updated statistical data in the legislative findings to reflect 2023 CDC and 2024 Trevor Project survey results instead of older data.
DEFINITION
Modified the definition of 'Suicide intervention' to change 'school re-entry procedures' to 'school re-entry support'.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8396B
lower
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8396A
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
lower
May 13, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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