School principals; incident reports.
Summary
School principals; incident reports. Eliminates the requirement for reports to be made to division superintendents and school principals on incidents involving assault or assault and battery, without bodily injury, of any person on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill also eliminates the requirement that school principals report certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense to law enforcement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Signed Mar 12, 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
39
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Mar 12, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (81-Y 15-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB257H1
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105280D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102602D
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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