National Suicide Prevention Week. (HJ548)

Introduced By

Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton) with support from co-patrons Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), and Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

National Suicide Prevention Week. Designates the week of September 10, in 2017 and in each succeeding year, as National Suicide Prevention Week in Virginia. Read the Bill »

Status

02/14/2017: Passed the Senate

History

DateAction
12/07/2016Committee
12/07/2016Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100502D
12/07/2016Referred to Committee on Rules
01/19/2017Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/24/2017Taken up
01/24/2017Speaker ruled amendments by Delegate Simon not germane
01/24/2017Engrossed by House
01/24/2017Agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N)
01/24/2017VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2017Reading waived
01/25/2017Referred to Committee on Rules
02/10/2017Reported from Rules
02/13/2017Reading waived (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2017Read third time
02/14/2017Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
02/15/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ548ER)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 5 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.



Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk): ICE -- AYES 95, NO'S ZERO.

[Unknown]: RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. PAGE 27, PRINTED CALENDAR, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 766. CONFIRMING VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON RULES. REPORT FROM HOUSE COMMITTEE ON

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLONIAL RULES. HEIGHTS, MR. COX.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS CONFIRMS THE JOINT RULE APPOINTMENTS ON VIRGINIA INTERSTATE COMPAQ FOR JUVENILES. HOPE IT WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE HOUSE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): SHALL THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 96; NO'S ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. CONTINUING, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 767, CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK J. BUCCI AS DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, REPORT FROM THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES. MR. COX. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS THE CLERK ANNOUNCED, CONFIRMING THE APPOINT AM OF MARK VUCCI. HOPE IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE HOUSE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): SHALL THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 96; NO'S ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. HOUSE RESOLUTION 2977, RECOGNIZING THE -- 297, THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN HERITAGE IN VIRGINIA. REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): JA FROM VIRGINIA BEACH -- THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA BEACH.

[Unknown]: I APOLOGIZE. HR 297, RECOGNIZES VIRGINIA CHRISTIAN HERITAGE. WE JUST HAD A BILL RECOGNIZING PONGLE DAY, A LARGELY HINDU FESTIVAL. I LIKE TO SAY FOR US, KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM. WE HAVE IN MY BACKYARD ABOUT A MILE FROM MY HOME, FIRST LANDING STATE PARK, WHERE WE HAD THE FIRST SETTLERS FROM JAMESTOWN, THEY GOT ON AFTER YOU THEY HAVE A PRAYER SERVICE FOR THANKSGIVING. MOST OF US WHEN THEY WALKED IN THIS CHAMBER, A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT IN THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY. WHICH IRONICALLY ENOUGH, MET IN JAMESTOWN'S CHURCH. THIS RECOGNIZES THE INFLUENTIAL OF CHRISTIAN HERITAGE IN OUR FOUNDING FOR THOSE THAT FIRST CAME OVER, BUT ALSO THE FANTASTIC WORK SO MANY OF THE CHURCHES DO, PEOPLE OF FAITH, THAT PRACTICE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF CARING FOR THE LEAST OF THERE'S -- THESE. I SIMPLY ASK THE PLEASURE OF THIS HOUSE TO PASS THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): SHALL THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 76, NO'S 7. RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. HOUSE RESOLUTION 302 HAS BEEN TAKEN BY FOR THE DAY. ACCORDING TO MR. SPEAKER, TURNING TO PAGE 23, OF THE PRINTED CALENDAR, PAGE 23, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 548, HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE REGULAR CALENDAR. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 548, DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2017, AND IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK IN VIRGINIA, REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE TWO FLOOR AMENDMENTS.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM STANTON, MR. BELL.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 548 DESIGNATES THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10TH, IN 2017 AND EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK IN VIRGINIA. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK IS AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED STATES TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT PREVENTION AND WARNING SIGNS. THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS VIRGINIA TO COINCIDE THEIR CELEBRATION WITH THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK. I WOULD ASK THAT THE RESOLUTION BE PASSED. THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE FLOOR AMENDMENTS. FLOOR AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY DELEGATE SIMON TO BE INTRODUCED VERSION, THERE ARE TWO. FIRST AMENDMENT AFTER LINE 19, LINE 19, OF THE INTRODUCED VERSION, INSERT THE FOLLOWING: "WHEREAS, ALMOST 50% OF ALL SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE ATTEMPTS INVOLVE A FIREARM, SUCH ATTEMPTS BEING SUCCESSFUL MORE THAN 82% OF THE TIME, MAKING SUICIDE BY FIREARM THE MOST

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SJ251.