Virginia House Bill 347

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

School board employees; civil cause of action against principals, division superintendents, and school boards for workplace injuries. Permits any school board employee who suffers bodily injury in the course of his employment on school board property after notifying the appropriate school principal, division superintendent, or school board that a working condition or situation was reasonably likely to lead to such bodily injury to bring a civil cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate relief, including damages, against any such school principal, division superintendent, or school board that acted negligently, recklessly, or willfully in failing to remedy the condition or situation that led to such bodily injury.

School board employees; civil cause of action against principals, etc.

Del. Chad Green [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-26	House	Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2024-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) by voice vote
2024-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2024-01-05	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102461D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	291.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB347
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB347+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105574A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB347F122+PDF