Virginia House Bill 1839 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

School principals; incident reports. Provides that school principals are not required to report criminal misdemeanors or status offenses to law enforcement if in the principal's discretion, based on a totality of the circumstances and consistent with Board of Education guidelines, such report is not warranted. The bill requires the Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Office of the Attorney General, and any interested stakeholders, to update its Student Conduct Policy Guidelines to provide guidance for principals in exercising such discretion.

School principals; incident reports.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Christopher Collins [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]
Del. Randall Minchew [R]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102485D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	279.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1839
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1839+hil