| The bill clarifies in the Colorado Children's Code and in the School Attendance Law of 1963 that a delinquent act does not include truancy or habitual truancy. A child who is habitually truant and who refuses to follow a plan to rehabilitate his or her truancy may be subject to various sanctions by the court in a truancy proceeding, but the sanctions must not include placement in a juvenile detention facility.The bill removes the authority of a judge or magistrate to issue a warrant to take a juvenile into temporary custody for a truancy action, including contempt proceedings for refusal to comply with a truancy plan, or for failure to appear for a truancy or contempt action. The court may, however, issue an order to show cause requiring the juvenile's appearance in court and may impose additional age-appropriate sanctions |
Year
2018
Current status
- Governor Signed (06/06/2018)
- Signed by the President of the Senate (05/14/2018)
- Sent to the Governor (5-14-18)
- Signed by the Speaker of the House (5-11-18)
- House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (04/26/2018)
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (04/17/2018)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (04/11/2018)
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (03/26/2018)
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (03/20/2018)
- House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/19/2018 - No Amendments (03/16/2018)
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary (02/01/2018)
