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Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, specifies that if a student is referred to juvenile court for being unlawfully absent from school and is ultimately adjudicated to be unruly, that the disposition made by the juvenile jud, the official text

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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 853

                                                SENATE BILL NO. 2201

                                                 By Haile, Rose, Taylor

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2146

                                                    By Renea Jones, White

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55,
          Chapter 10, relative to truancy.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3009(9), is amended by designating
the existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following as a new subdivision (2):

                    (2) If a student is referred to juvenile court for conduct described in subdivision (g)(1)
          and is adjudicated to be unruly pursuant to title 37, chapter 1, part 1, then the disposition
          may include, in addition to any other disposition authorized by law, the suspension of the
          student's driving privileges or ability to obtain a driver license for a period of up to one (1)
          year in accordance with title 55, chapter 10, part 7.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2027, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2201

PASSED:  April 7, 2026

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                               CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                          BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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