School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions.
Summary
School board policies; abusive work environments; definitions. Defines, for the purposes of mandatory school board policies relating to abusive work environments, the terms "abusive conduct," "abusive work environment," "physical harm," and "psychological harm." The bill clarifies that the requirement to adopt such policies shall not be construed to limit a school board's authority to adopt policies to prohibit any other type of workplace conduct as the school board deems necessary.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2021
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 33
Feb 19, 2021
D
Democratic17
76% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 30, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-0-6)
senate
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2176E
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102247D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Luke Torian
DDemocratic
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
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