Virginia House Bill 2432 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or his designee to (i) as soon as practicable, inform at least one parent of a minor student enrolled in such school if such minor (a) expresses to any individual who is employed in such school that such minor is experiencing gender incongruence, as defined in the bill, or (b) requests that any such employee participate in social affirmation of such minor's gender incongruence or the transition of such minor to a sex or gender different from the minor's biological sex while at school and (ii) request and receive permission from at least one parent of a minor student enrolled at such school prior to the implementation at such school of any plan concerning any gender incongruence experienced by such minor, including any counseling of such minor at school. Any such plan shall include provision for parental participation to the extent requested by the parent. The bill also clarifies, in the definition of the term "abused or neglected child," that in no event shall referring to and raising the child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including related mental health or medical decisions, be considered abuse or neglect. Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or his designee to (i) as soon as practicable, inform at least one parent of a minor student enrolled in such school if such minor (a) expresses to any individual who is employed in such school that such minor is experiencing gender incongruence, as defined in the bill, or (b) requests that any such employee participate in social affirmation of such minor's gender incongruence or the transition of such minor to a sex or gender different from the minor's biological sex while at school and (ii) request and receive permission from at least one parent of a minor student enrolled at such school prior to the implementation at such school of any plan concerning any gender incongruence experienced by such minor, including any counseling of such minor at school. Any such plan shall include provision for parental participation to the extent requested by the parent. The bill also clarifies, in the definition of the term "abused or neglected child," that in no event shall referring to and raising the child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including related mental health or medical decisions, be considered abuse or neglect.

Minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Marie March [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]

2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) (Y: 50 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Engrossment (50-Y 48-N) (Y: 50 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Engrossment (50-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute (50-Y 48-N) HB2432H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106311D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Incorporates HB1707 (Tara Durant)
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 23106311D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-27	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12
2023-01-19	House	Incorporates HB1707 (Tara Durant)
2023-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 23103935D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	272.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	273.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2432
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2432+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2432H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105830A.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106311D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2432FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0901V0041+HB2432
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0102+HB2432
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1471+HB2432
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1652+HB2432
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0329+HB2432