Virginia House Bill 2679

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-19 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

School boards; threat assessment teams and procedures; parental notification of student determined to pose a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; provision of certain recognition and response materials required. Requires each division superintendent or his designee to provide materials on recognition of and strategies for responding to behavior indicating that a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to self or others to the parent or legal guardian of any student who, according to a preliminary determination from a threat assessment team, poses such a threat. The bill specifies that the provision of such materials shall occur either in the initial attempt to immediately notify such student's parent or legal guardian pursuant to applicable law or through a separate communication to such student's parent or legal guardian made as soon as practicable thereafter. The bill (i) requires such materials to be selected in accordance with the criteria and guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the bill; (ii) requires such materials to include information on the requirements set forth in applicable law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors; and (iii) permits such materials to include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications.

School boards; threat assessment teams and procedures, etc.

Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]
Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]

2025-02-19 - Senate - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N) (Y: 86 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2025-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2025-02-18	Senate	Passed by for the day
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
2025-02-13	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N)
2025-02-10	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2025-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N)
2025-02-03	House	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-31	House	Read first time
2025-01-31	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2679)
2025-01-29	House	Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
2025-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2025-01-24	House	Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2025-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 25104661D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2679
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2679/text/HB2679
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036934.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/H09001V2511330
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/H09V2511583
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/2518441
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/S04V1772
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/SV564
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2679/20251/SV718