Sen. Chris Head

Co-sponsor HB 1729

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Guidance counselors; changes name to school counselors, staff time.

Changes the name of guidance counselors to school counselors and requires each school counselor employed by a school board in a public elementary or secondary school to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students.

Signed into law Feb 22, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 968

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Trooper Lucas B. Dowell.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 373

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending the State of Israel.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 971

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.

Introduced Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1725

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Public school building security enhancements; compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code, etc.

Requires each school board, in consultation with the local building official and the state or local fire marshal, to develop a procurement plan to ensure that all security enhancements to public school buildings are in compliance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code and Statewide Fire Prevention Code.

Signed into law Feb 21, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 594

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Safe Digging Month; designating as April 2019, and each succeeding year.

In committee Feb 20, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 351

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Wayne Tinsley.

Introduced Feb 20, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 595

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

811 Day; designating as August 11, 2019, and each succeeding year.

In committee Feb 20, 2019 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 2181

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Radford University; authority to establish Radford University-Roanoke Division.

Authorizes the Radford University Board of Visitors (the board) to establish the Radford University-Roanoke Division (the Division) through the acquisition of Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a nonprofit private institution wholly owned and operated by Carilion Clinic. The bill authorizes the board, upon establishment of the Division, to (i) exercise the same powers with respect to the operation of the Division as are vested in the board regarding the University and (ii) offer at the Division all programs of instruction offered by Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the time of acquisition, including associate-degree programs. The bill permits Radford University to award merit-based and need-based institutional aid to students enrolled at the Division in a manner that is consistent with practices at the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Feb 19, 2019 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 2280

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.

Passed Feb 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track