Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 893
Autistic and children with development disabilities; require school district to develop safety plan to prevent elopement from school campuses.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO DEFINE DISABILITY AND ELOPEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL STAFF ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCIES (SAFE) TEAM AND TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL ELOPEMENT PLAN FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF ELOPEMENT; TO REQUIRE PROCEDURES FOR IMMEDIATE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, COORDINATED ON-CAMPUS RESPONSE, AND LIMITED USE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES BASED ON VERIFIED RISK; TO PRESCRIBE THE COMPOSITION AND DUTIES OF THE SAFE TEAM, INCLUDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT, RESPONSE COORDINATION AND ANNUAL TRAINING OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL; TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDENT ELOPEMENT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES IN COORDINATION WITH PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, INCLUDING IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION NEEDS, HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS, BEHAVIORAL PROFILES, POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AND AVAILABLE LOCATING TECHNOLOGIES; TO REQUIRE ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF EACH SCHOOL'S ELOPEMENT PLAN TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 16 to February 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days
EducationJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.