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HB1267 Prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present.

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Prohibiting school district attorneys and non-school personnel from questioning students without their parent or guardian present.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact.

7
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Your Community

Protects children's rights in school settings and strengthens parental involvement.

8
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Your Freedom

Significant protection for minors' due process rights and parental rights to be present during questioning.

Status

Notwithstanding the Governor's Veto, Shall HB 1267 Become Law: Regular Calendar 24Y-0N, Veto Overridden by necessary two-thirds vote; 08/19/2026; Senate Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Vanessa Sheehan (R)

The Short Version

Requires parental presence when school district attorneys or non-school personnel question students, protecting children from unsupervised legal interrogations. In Senate Education committee hearing.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Students
  • ▲ Parents
  • ▲ Civil liberties advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ School districts that may face delays in investigations

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 174 for , 1 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 137 for , 5 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Veto Override 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Override the veto (keep the bill alive). NO = Let the veto stand (kill the bill).

174R + 137D
Voted to Override (311)
1R + 5D
Voted to Sustain Veto (6)
26
Absent
41
Not voting
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Voted Yea (311)

Republicans (174)
Democrats (137)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Darrell Louis (R) , Debra DeSimone (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , John Potucek (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Ebel (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristin Noble (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Berch (D) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R) , Walter Spilsbury (R)

Did not vote (41)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Ohm (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Summers (R) , Jared Sullivan (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Stone (D) , John Suiter (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Michael Vose (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Lascelles (R) , Riche Colcombe (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Travis Corcoran (R) , Travis Toner (R) , Valerie McDonnell (R) , William Dolan (D)

VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

16R + 8D
Voted Yea (24)
0R
Voted Nay (0)
0
Absent
0
Not voting
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