Higher educational institutions, public; non-academic student codes of conduct.
Summary
Public institutions of higher education; non-academic student codes of conduct. Requires each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, to adopt non-academic student codes of conduct. The bill mandates that students and student organizations that participate in the non-academic student codes of conduct process as a complainant or respondent shall have the responsibilities and rights afforded to them by the institution's codes of conduct and related policies and procedures. The bill states that the codes of conduct shall describe and define the responsibilities and rights of all enrolled students and student organizations and outline each step in the institution's procedures for responding to and resolving allegations of violations. The bill outlines procedures that the codes of conduct shall include when an accused student or student organization faces the potential sanctions of suspension or expulsion.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 12, 2019
Signed Mar 25, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB104E
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101484D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
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