H571 • 2025

An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send

Children Education

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Sponsor: Carole A. Fiola
Last action: 2025-10-20
Official status: Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send

An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
571) of Carole A.
Fiola, Paul McMurtry and Lindsay N.
Sabadosa relative to providing for alternative penalties for failure to send children to school.

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Bill History

2025-10-20 House
Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
2025-09-15 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-06-25 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Education
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send
By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 571) of Carole A. Fiola, Paul McMurtry and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to providing for alternative penalties for failure to send children to school. Education.

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Bill H.571

Section 2 of chapter 76 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the court may, as an alternative to the fine provided herein, order a person in control of a child and the child described in section 1, who fails to attend school under this section, to attend a counseling program or other appropriate program or services, as determined by the court. If the court finds that the child, and a person in control of such child, have successfully completed the court ordered programs or services the court shall dismiss the charge under this section against the defendant. Charges under this section shall be assigned to an expedited docket for disposition.

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