Mental health awareness training; certain school board employees required to complete.
Summary
School boards; mental health awareness training. Requires each school board to (i) adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the school board, employed on a full-time basis, to complete a mental health awareness training or similar program at least once and (ii) provide such training, which may be provided pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a community services board, a behavioral health authority, a nonprofit organization, or other certified trainer or via an online module. This bill is identical to HB 74.
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 7, 2020
Signed Mar 25, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
12
Committee
14
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 472 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (80-Y 19-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended SB619H1
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108280D-H1
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB619S1
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107763D-S1
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104685D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
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