VA HB1663 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-5)
Status: Passed on March 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-24 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-5)
Status: Passed on March 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-24 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Public schools; interscholastic sports and athletics; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection; development and implementation. Requires the Board of Education to develop, biennially review and update as necessary, and distribute to each local school division guidelines on policies relating to extreme heat safety and protection for student-athletes. The bill requires each school board to develop and update, in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board of Education, policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection that (i) are consistent with any heat guidelines based on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) levels developed by an organization or entity whose purpose it is to regulate or govern interscholastic athletics programs in the Commonwealth; (ii) establish tiered heat-acclimatization and modification procedures for outdoor athletics practices or games based on the WBGT levels to reduce the risks associated with extreme heat faced by student-athletes; (iii) require student-athletes to be given unhindered access to hydration at all times; (iv) include procedures relating to preventing, recognizing, and addressing heat-related illnesses; and (v) establish a process for reporting and investigating any instance in which a student-athlete experiences a heat-related illness requiring emergency medical treatment or resulting in death. This bill is identical to SB 1104.
Title
Public schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-19 - House - Senate substitute agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N) (Y: 79 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-02-18 - Senate - Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) (Y: 83 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-20 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-15 - House - Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-14 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-18 - Senate - Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) (Y: 83 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-20 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-15 - House - Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-14 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-24 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478) | |
| 2025-03-24 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (Effective 07/01/25) | |
| 2025-03-11 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 | |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2025-03-10 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663) |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER) |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Education and Health Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2025-02-14 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663) |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 25106885D-S1 |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-22 | House | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-15 | House | Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
| 2025-01-15 | House | Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N) |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663) |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-10 | House | Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101432D |
