SB 237 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order.

Summary
School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order. Provides that an attendance officer, or a division superintendent or his designee when acting as an attendance officer, may complete, sign, and file with the intake officer of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, on forms approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia, a petition for a violation of a school attendance order entered by the juvenile and domestic relations district court in response to the filing of a petition alleging the pupil is a child in need of supervision. The bill provides that such actions do not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. This bill is identical to HB 1081.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 2, 2020 Signed Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2020

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 2020
D Democratic21
21 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
28
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 3, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 106 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB237S1
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107148D-S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101798D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
VA
39