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House debates measure to delay driving privileges for habitual truants; amends automatic expiration rules
Summary
Lawmakers debated H.B. 93, which allows judges to delay driving privileges for minors deemed habitual truants; the House adopted amendments clarifying automatic expiration of orders after 12 months and preserving judicial discretion and hardship exceptions.
The House considered H.B. 93 on Feb. 18, a proposal to allow a juvenile court to delay a minor’s driving privileges for up to a year after the court finds the minor a "habitual truant" (defined in the bill as receiving three truancy citations within a single school year and unsuccessful district interventions).
Representative Bordeaux, who presented the measure, said the aim is to hold young people…
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