Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
Summary
Local school boards; lead testing; report; parental notification. Requires each local school board's plan to test and remediate certain potable water sources to be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The bill requires each local school board to submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. The bill also requires local school boards to take all necessary steps to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion. The bill is identical to SB 392.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-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 BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB797H1
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105277D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-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
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101840D
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Q. Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn R. Davis
RRepublican
Co
Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
Co
Nancy D. Guy
DDemocratic
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