Higher educational institutions; review committees, reporting of acts of sexual violence, report. (HB1930)
Introduced By
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Institutions of higher education; response to violence; penalty. Requires the protocols and policies for sexual assault response teams to include the campus and community response to criminal sexual assaults and violent felonies committed on the campus of any institution of higher education in the locality. The bill requires any faculty member or administrator of a public institution of higher education who through the course of his employment obtains information alleging that a violent felony has been committed to report such information to the attorney for the Commonwealth or the law-enforcement agency serving the locality in which the alleged violation occurred, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a person in violation of the reporting requirement is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for the first violation and not more than $1,000 for each subsequent violation. The bill requires the governing board of each public or private institution of higher education to (i) establish a written memorandum of understanding with a local sexual assault crisis center or other victim support service and (ii) adopt policies to provide victims with information on contacting such center or service. The bill requires all persons appointed and employed as campus police officers or as members of auxiliary forces at an institution of higher education to receive training in trauma-informed response, interviewing, and investigation of alleged criminal sexual assaults committed on campus. The bill also requires that mutual aid agreements between a campus police force and law-enforcement agencies contain provisions requiring either the campus police force or an agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of any complaint or investigation involving a violent felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2015 | Committee |
01/13/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103292D |
01/13/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/20/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
02/04/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1930) |
02/05/2015 | Referred from Courts of Justice |
02/05/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/05/2015 | Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104830D-H1 |
02/07/2015 | Read first time |
02/09/2015 | Floor substitute printed 15104931D-H2 (Bell, Robert B.) |
02/09/2015 | Read second time |
02/09/2015 | Committee substitute rejected 15104830D-H1 |
02/09/2015 | Substitute by Delegate Bell, Robert B. agreed to 15104931D-H2 |
02/09/2015 | Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1930H2 |
02/10/2015 | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N) |
02/10/2015 | VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/19/2015 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15105308D-S1 |
02/20/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2015 | Read third time |
02/23/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/23/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15105308D-S1 |
02/23/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1930S1 |
02/23/2015 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
02/24/2015 | Senate substitute rejected by House 15105308D-S1 (0-Y 99-N) |
02/24/2015 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/26/2015 | House acceded to request |
02/26/2015 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/26/2015 | Delegates: Bell, Robert B., Massie, Toscano |
02/26/2015 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/26/2015 | Senators: Smith, Black, Cosgrove |
02/27/2015 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/27/2015 | Conference substitute printed 15105667D-H3 |
02/27/2015 | Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) |
02/27/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2015 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1930ER) |
03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
03/18/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1930ER) |
03/27/2015 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
04/14/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
04/15/2015 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) |
04/15/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/15/2015 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/15/2015 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/15/2015 | Reenrolled |
04/15/2015 | Reenrolled bill text (HB1930ER2) |
04/15/2015 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/15/2015 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/15/2015 | Enacted, Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/15) |
04/15/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737) |
Comments
Students in higher education institutions should be presumed intelligent enough to report crimes of all types, including violent felonies and sexual assault. Faculty and staff should not be placed in the role of policing the campus under threat of a civil penalty if they fail to do so.
If colleges truly want to help students, professors should be trained to encourage them to seek professional help or institutional resources, such as the counseling services offered by many colleges. Professors should also motivate students to report the crime to law enforcement. If a student refuses these services, professors should leave reporting the crime up to the victim. College students are adults, and it is their right to decide to report crimes against them.
"Forcing Professors to Report Assault Is Wrong." The Columbia Chronicle. Editorial Board, 1 Dec. 2014. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.