School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc. (HB4)
Introduced By
Del. Scott Wyatt (R-Mechanicsville) with support from 41 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Tim Anderson (R-Virginia Beach), Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Jason Ballard (R-Pearisburg), Del. Amanda Batten (R-Toano), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Rob Bloxom (R-Accomack), Del. Emily Brewer (R-Suffolk), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion), Del. Ronnie Campbell (R-Raphine), Del. Mike Cherry (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper), Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Chris Head (R-Roanoke), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake), Del. Marie March (R-Floyd), Del. John McGuire (R-Glen Allen), Del. Joe McNamara (R-Roanoke), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), Del. Phil Scott (R-Spotsylvania), Del. Anne Ferrell Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Kim Taylor (R-Dinwiddie), Del. Otto Wachsmann (R-Sussex), Del. Wendell Walker (R-Lynchburg), Del. Will Wampler (R-Abingdon), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall), Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester), Del. Wren Williams (R-Stuart), Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria)
Progress
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Introduced |
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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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Became Law |
Description
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense. The bill provides, as an exception to the requirement to report any written threats against school personnel while on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, that a principal is not required but may report to the local law-enforcement agency any such incident committed by a student who has an individualized education plan. This bill is identical to SB 36. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/06/2021 | Committee |
| 12/06/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102790D |
| 12/06/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/17/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB4) |
| 01/25/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/26/2022 | Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/26/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22105170D-H1 |
| 01/28/2022 | Read first time |
| 01/31/2022 | Read second time |
| 01/31/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22105170D-H1 |
| 01/31/2022 | Amendment by Delegate Rasoul rejected (47-Y 51-N) |
| 01/31/2022 | VOTE: Rejected (47-Y 51-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB4H1 |
| 02/01/2022 | Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) |
| 02/01/2022 | VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/02/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/17/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2022 | Read third time |
| 02/21/2022 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/21/2022 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/21/2022 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/21/2022 | Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2022 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N) |
| 02/23/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 34-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2022 | Enrolled |
| 02/25/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB4ER) |
| 02/25/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB4H1) |
| 02/25/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/25/2022 | Signed by President |
| 03/01/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB4ER) |
| 03/11/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022 |
| 03/11/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
| 04/11/2022 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 04/27/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/27/2022 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (57-Y 43-N) |
| 04/27/2022 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (88-Y 12-N) |
| 04/27/2022 | Amendment #1 passed by for the day |
| 04/27/2022 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | G Governor's recommendation adopted in-part |
| 04/27/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 43-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 12-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled bill text (HB4ER2) |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022 |
| 04/27/2022 | Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022 |
| 04/27/2022 | |
| 05/27/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 793 (effective 7/1/22) |
| 05/27/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793) |
Comments
Ask your legislators to vote NO on this bill that would require principals of schools to feed the school to prison pipeline by reporting to police any behavior that could be criminal. The law was recently changed to only require reports of felonies. This bill would change that back.