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SB 140·AL·senate

Juvenile proceedings; court required to notify local superintendent of education or private K-12 school principal of charging or adjudicating an enrolled student delinquent for committing certain criminal offenses

FailedFiled Jan 14, 2026
Sponsor: David Sessions (R)
Latest Action

Currently Indefinitely Postponed

Apr 7, 2026

Summary

The bill requires juvenile courts to send a written notice to the local superintendent or private‑school principal within seven days whenever an enrolled child is charged with or found delinquent for certain felonies, capital offenses, murder, first‑degree rape or sodomy, and may also notify for any other crime. The notice is limited to the offense and case disposition and must be kept confidential, with violations treated as a Class A misdemeanor. It affects juvenile defendants, their schools, and school staff who receive the information.

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