Public middle schools; physical education to include personal safety training.
Summary
Physical education; personal safety training. Requires any physical education class offered to students in grades seven and eight to include at least one hour of personal safety training per school year in each such grade level that is developed and delivered in partnership with the local law-enforcement agency and consists of situational safety awareness training, social media education, and self-defense tactics training.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Signed Apr 7, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
5
Apr 7, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 9, 2022
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 4-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendments by Senator Cosgrove agreed to
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1215E
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22104704D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Margaret Ransone
RRepublican
Co
John Avoli
RRepublican
Co
Wren Williams
RRepublican
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