Virginia House Bill 1816 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 31-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 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 (Prefiled) [HTML]

Dangers and victims of communism; recognition; Standards of Learning and programs of instruction. Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Day and requiring such day to be suitably observed in each public elementary and secondary school in the Commonwealth as a day honoring the approximately 100 million individuals who have fallen victim to communist regimes around the world and to be suitably observed by a public exercise in the Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor may designate in such proclamation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to include in the history and social science Standards of Learning and each school board to emphasize in its Standards-aligned program of instruction the study of the dangers of communism.

Standards of Learning; instruction on dangers and victims of communism.

Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Del. Robert Bloxom [R]
Sen. Emily Brewer [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]
Del. AC Cordoza [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]
Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]
Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. James Leftwich [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]
Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. William Wampler [R]	Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [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]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N) (Y: 64 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Rules (14-Y 2-N) (Y: 14 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (64-Y 36-N)
2023-02-03	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-02	House	Read first time
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Rules (14-Y 2-N)
2023-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-01-30	House	Referred from Education by voice vote
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Rules
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102396D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3320.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	253.13:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1816
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1816+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105436D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105436D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1816F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0056+HB1816
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H20V0013+HB1816
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1448+HB1816
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0318+HB1816