Sexually explicit content; policies on parental notification of instructional material.
Summary
Policies on parental notification of instructional material that includes sexually explicit content; scope and use. Provides that nothing in the law requiring the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and requiring each school board to adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies or that is in such model policies or school board policies shall be construed to permit the censoring of books in any public elementary or secondary school. This bill is identical to HB 571.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Vetoed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2024
How they voted
22–18
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 30, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB235ER)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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