Florida · Senate Bill 938 · 2025 Regular Session

Student Absences

SB 938 Sponsored by Stan McClain Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 20, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Student Absences ; Requiring a student’s primary teacher to report to the principal, or his or her designee, if a student is chronically absent; requiring the State Board of Education to create guidelines relating to student absences, etc.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules · Senate Education Pre-K - 12
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  5. CommitteeDied in Education Pre-K - 12 · Senate Education Pre-K - 12

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.