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Senate panel votes favorably on SB 133 to require juvenile courts to notify private schools of criminal acts
Summary
SB 133, sponsored by Sen. Sessions, would require juvenile courts to notify private-school principals or superintendents in writing about criminal acts; the committee gave the bill a favorable report after a brief presentation.
The Senate Education Policy Committee voted to give SB 133 a favorable report after Sen. Sessions described the measure as a simple change to juvenile-court notification procedures.
Sessions told the committee the bill makes a technical but mandatory change: where juvenile courts “may” notify a superintendent or principal of a private school about a criminal act, SB 133 would change that discretion to a requirement that the court “shall” notify them in writing. “Pretty straightforward bill here,” Sessions said during his presentation.
Sen. Smitherman moved for a favorable report and Sen. Shellnut seconded. The committee chair asked if there were objections to using the previous roll; seeing none, the chair announced the bill as given a favorable report on the record.
There was no recorded debate on implementation details, exemptions, or timelines in the provided transcript.
