SB 724 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

School board; broadband, annual report.

Summary
School boards; student home broadband access; annual report. Requires, beginning in the 2022 school year and in each school year thereafter through the 2025 school year, each school board to submit an annual report to the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development listing each student's 9-1-1 address that does not have broadband access, as defined by the broadband guidelines set out by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for its Virginia Telecommunication Initiative.
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 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 8, 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
32
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB724H1
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107172D-H1
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103409D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors