HB 344 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Higher educational institutions, public; constitutionally protected speech, etc.

Summary
Requires each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to (i) establish and include in its student handbook, on its website, and in its student orientation programs policies regarding speech that is protected under the First Amendment and the process to report incidents of disruption of such speech; (ii) develop materials on such policies and notify any employee who is responsible for the discipline or education of enrolled students of such materials; and (iii) develop, post on its website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner, and submit to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1 of each year a report on the institution's compliance relating to free speech on campus.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Jan 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2018 Last action Mar 7, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB344S1
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107473D-S1
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 2, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N)
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB344H1
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18105668D-H1
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Jan 31, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 30, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 29, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
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Jan 4, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 4, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100379D
legislature
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors