HB 1753 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

School buildings; electronic room partitions.

Summary
Prohibits school employees from opening or closing an electronic room partition in any school building except under certain limited circumstances. The bill requires any annual safety review or exercise for school employees in a local school division to include information and demonstrations, as appropriate, regarding the operation of such partitions. The bill also requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board model safety guidance regarding the operation of such partitions.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Dec 21, 2018 Signed Mar 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2019

How they voted

310
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 15, 2019
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 12, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1753H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106060D-H1
lower
Jan 30, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Dec 21, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Dec 21, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100322D
lower
1 primary · 34 co-sponsors

Sponsors