Legislation - HB0394

Title: Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools
Sponsored by: Delegates Terrasa, Boyce, Feldmark, D. Jones, Kaufman, Lehman, Taveras, and White Holland
Status: In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Ways and Means
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students who are ineligible for transportation services may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.

Committees

Original:: Government, Labor, and Elections; Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0158

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0811 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2026 Legislative Date 1/22/2026 Action First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/22/2026	1/22/2026	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Ways and Means
			Text - First - Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools

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