HB 1231 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.

Summary
School boards; eligibility for Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps programs in schools in local school division.Requires each school board to ensure that any Junior Reserve Officers'Training Corps (JROTC) program offered by any branch of the ArmedForces of the United States in any public school in the local schooldivision is open to any student who resides in such school divisionin the attendance zone of such school, receives home instruction or attends a private school, and meets all applicable eligibility requirementsfor participation in such program.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 10, 2024 Signed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

364
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2024
D Democratic21
17 Yea 4 Nay
80% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 2, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1231ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Geary Higgins
Geary Higgins
RRepublican
VA
30