SB 161 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Heat-related illness; DOE to develop guidelines on policies to inform & educate coaches & athletes.

Summary
Department of Education; heat-related illness;guidelines. Directs the Department of Education, in conjunctionwith stakeholders, to develop guidelines on policies to inform andeducate coaches and student athletes and their parents or guardiansof the nature and risk of heat-related illness, how to recognizethe signs of heat-related illness, and how to prevent heat-relatedillness to be distributed to local school divisions by August 1, 2022.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 10, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2022

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2022
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
26
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (84-Y 15-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101762D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ghazala Hashmi
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
VA
15