Virginia House Bill 2187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

School counselors; staff time. Defines the terms "direct counseling" and "program planning and school support" for the purpose of the provision of law that requires each school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students and clarifies that each school counselor may also spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school hours on program planning and support. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. School counselors; staff time. Defines the terms "direct counseling" and "program planning and school support" for the purpose of the provision of law that requires each school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students and clarifies that each school counselor may also spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school hours on program planning and support. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 6-N) (Y: 87 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) (Y: 0 N: 99 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) (Y: 94 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2187ER)
2023-03-07	House	Enrolled
2023-02-24	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-24	House	VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 6-N)
2023-02-24	House	Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 6-N)
2023-02-23		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2023-02-22	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-21	House	Delegates: Rasoul, Ransone, Batten
2023-02-21	House	Conferees appointed by House
2023-02-21	Senate	Senators: Hashmi, Suetterlein, Lucas
2023-02-21	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2023-02-20	House	House acceded to request
2023-02-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-17	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2023-02-17	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	House	VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
2023-02-15	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 23106553D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2187S1
2023-02-13	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23106553D-S1
2023-02-13	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23106553D-S1
2023-02-09	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-03	House	VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N)
2023-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N)
2023-02-02	House	Printed as engrossed 23102215D-E
2023-02-02	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2187E
2023-02-02	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-02	House	Read second time
2023-02-01	House	Read first time
2023-01-30	House	Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N)
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102215D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	291.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2187
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0347+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105425A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2187AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106553D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2187AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2187F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2187FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2187FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2187FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0059+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0079+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1379+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0264+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB2187+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0427HB2187+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1844+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0545HB2187+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0936HB2187+HB2187
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2333+HB2187