VA HB253 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on the expression of any other citizen participant in such meetings. School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on the expression of any other citizen participant in such meetings.
Title
School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (Y: 56 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (Y: 56 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689) | |
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER) |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-28 | House | VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Reading of amendment waived |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-01-30 | House | VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Engrossed by House as amended HB253E |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-04 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-01-04 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D |
