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Lawmakers split over bullying bill: study committee favored by some, immediate statutory changes sought by others
Summary
Senators pressed for a study committee on bullying prevention (SB 210) while House members pushed for more immediate statutory changes including parent notification timelines and lowering the negligence threshold for private lawsuits; the committee recessed to allow further work and set deadlines for returns.
A committee of conference on Senate Bill 210 split over whether to revert the bill to a study committee on bullying prevention or to adopt more immediate statutory changes proposed by the House, including parental-notification time frames and new enforcement mechanisms.
The bill’s Senate chair said the original Senate bill created a study committee to examine why bullying occurs and how to prevent it, and recommended removing newly added House provisions that focus on definitions and procedures rather than upstream prevention. “My preference for this will be to delete all of everything that was added into 210 and…
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