HB290
False statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Jessica Anderson (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. False statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty.
Requires any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child in a particular school division or school attendance zone for the purposes of avoiding tuition charges or of enrollment in a school outside the attendance zone in which the student resides to be subject to ... (More) a civil penalty not to exceed $250 in addition to prorated tuition charges. Current law declares any person who takes any such action guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $250, in addition to the tuition charge penalty. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103091D
- 01/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Reported from Education and referred to Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108311D-S1
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (82-Y 14-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB290ER)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
