SB 723 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor.

Summary
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; Board of Visitors to report to the Governor. Requires that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind be subject to the direction and supervision of the Governor. The bill repeals the existing responsibility for the Board, currently designated as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government, by the Secretary of Education. The bill exempts the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from the definition of "executive branch agency" with respect to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The bill directs the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to consult with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop a plan to independently provide information technology support for the school and to submit such plan to the Board of Visitors of the school no later than October 1, 2022. The bill also contains a reenactment clause that applies to all provisions of the bill other than the development of the technology support plan.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 21, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 14, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (92-Y 7-N)
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB723H1
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107405D-H1
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103467D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
VA
13