HB1439: School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.

Chief Patron

Jeff Frederick (R-52)
Woodbridge, VA
Served: 2004–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

04/11/2008: signed by governor

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01/14/2008 Presented and ordered printed 089844508
01/14/2008 Referred to Committee on Education
01/21/2008 Referred from Education
01/21/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/24/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/29/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1439)
02/08/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2008 Committee substitute printed 080875508-H1
02/09/2008 Read first time
02/11/2008 Read second time
02/11/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 080875508-H1
02/11/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1439H1
02/12/2008 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/12/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/13/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/13/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/25/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2008 Committee substitute printed 080900260-S1
02/26/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/27/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1439S1)
02/27/2008 Read third time
02/27/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/27/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 080900260-S1
02/27/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1439S1
02/27/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/29/2008 Senate substitute rejected by House (4-Y 94-N)
02/29/2008 VOTE: --- REJECTED (4-Y 94-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2008 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2008 Senate requested conference committee
03/05/2008 House acceded to request
03/05/2008 Conferees appointed by House
03/05/2008 Delegates: Frederick, Bell, Nichols
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2008 Senators: Whipple, Locke, Quayle
03/07/2008 Conference substitute printed 081583508-H2
03/07/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
03/07/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Passed by temporarily
03/08/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/08/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/10/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1439H2)
03/24/2008 Enrolled
03/24/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1439ER)
03/24/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/26/2008 Signed by President
03/27/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1439ER)
04/11/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 827 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

School employees; criminal acts. Requires (i) notification to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the division superintendent of the conviction of any individual holding a license issued by the Board of Education; (ii) local school boards to develop policies and procedures to address complaints of sexual abuse of a student by a teacher or other school board employee; (iii) the Board of Education to include requirements for the denial, suspension, cancellation, revocation, and reinstatement of licensure in its licensure regulations; (iv) notification to the Board of Education when a licensed employee of a school board is dismissed or resigns for certain convictions of enumerated crimes; and (v) notification to the Superintendent of Public Instruction when any individual holding a license is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect. There is also a technical amendment.

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