Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc. (HB873)
Introduced By
Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg)
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Description
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement officer to receive, either in-person or online, the school safety training for public school personnel conducted by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety in accordance with relevant law and requires such officer to serve as the law-enforcement liaison for the school administrator in such a school who has also received such training as prescribed by relevant law. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2022 | Committee |
| 01/12/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104063D |
| 01/12/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/24/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation |
| 01/28/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB873) |
| 02/03/2022 | Assigned Education sub: K-12 |
| 02/07/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
| 02/07/2022 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/07/2022 | Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/07/2022 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/07/2022 | Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
| 02/09/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/09/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 02/09/2022 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106167D-H1 |
| 02/11/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/14/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB873H1) |
| 02/14/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/14/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106167D-H1 |
| 02/14/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1 |
| 02/15/2022 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| 02/15/2022 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/16/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/22/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 02/24/2022 | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 03/03/2022 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 03/03/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106977D-S1 |
| 03/03/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/03/2022 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 03/03/2022 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/07/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB873S1) |
| 03/07/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/08/2022 | Read third time |
| 03/08/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 03/08/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106977D-S1 |
| 03/08/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB873S1 |
| 03/08/2022 | Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/09/2022 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106977D-S1 (80-Y 17-N) |
| 03/09/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/11/2022 | Enrolled |
| 03/11/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB873ER) |
| 03/11/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/11/2022 | Signed by President |
| 03/14/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB873ER) |
| 03/22/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022 |
| 03/22/2022 | 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 (68-Y 32-N) |
| 04/27/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 32-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (32-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled bill text (HB873ER2) |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Enacted, Chapter 769 (effective 7/1/22) |
| 04/27/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769) |
Comments
We share VA NOW's concerns and congratulate all those who voted NO on this bill in the Education Committee. It was rightly defeated. The disproportionate impact on students of color is our primary concern. We note in addition that the state should not be taking local control away from School Boards who know and should determine what their individual school's needs are. SRO expansion would be extremely costly, and most schools surveyed listed behavioral and mental health as the most pressing safety concerns. Increasing teacher pay is also a higher priority and badly needed especially during this pandemic.