School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc. (SB36)
Introduced By
Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg) with support from co-patron Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
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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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 incorporates SB 2, SB 287, and SB 613 and is identical to HB 4. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/27/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100573D |
| 12/27/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 01/12/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB36) |
| 01/17/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB36) |
| 02/01/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 02/10/2022 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/10/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106441D-S1 |
| 02/11/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/14/2022 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/15/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/15/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/15/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106441D-S1 |
| 02/15/2022 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/15/2022 | Amendment #1 by Senator Norment rejected |
| 02/15/2022 | Amendment #2 by Senator Norment agreed to |
| 02/15/2022 | Amendment #3 by Senator Norment agreed to |
| 02/15/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB36ES1 |
| 02/15/2022 | Printed as engrossed 22106441D-ES1 |
| 02/15/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2022 | Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/21/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/21/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 02/23/2022 | Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/28/2022 | Read third time |
| 02/28/2022 | Passed House (66-Y 33-N) |
| 02/28/2022 | VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB36ES1) |
| 03/02/2022 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2022 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB36ER) |
| 03/02/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/03/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB36ER) |
| 03/03/2022 | Signed by President |
| 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 Senate |
| 04/27/2022 | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (19-Y 21-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (86-Y 13-N) |
| 04/27/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/27/2022 | G Governor's recommendation adopted in-part. |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Reenrolled bill text (SB36ER2) |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/27/2022 | Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022 |
| 04/27/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022 |
| 05/27/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/22) |
| 05/27/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794) |
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.
Fail
Requires school principals to report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts of students that may constitute a misdemeanor offense, and provide notice to the student's parents that a report has been made. Current law only requires reports for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.