School boards; excusing students from attendance at school, verified medical reasons.
Summary
School boards; excusing students from attendance at school; grounds; verified medical reasons. Requires each school board to excuse from attendance any pupil who, for any continuous period of time not exceeding 30 school days in length, is absent from school for medical reasons as verified in writing by the student's health care provider.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2026
Last action Feb 4, 2026
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
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