VA HB936 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Public school buildings; indoor air quality standards. Establishes several enumerated requirements for school boards to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including (i) identifying a designated individual to oversee the establishment of and adherence to a preventive maintenance schedule for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in each such building and the implementation of the use of general or local exhaust ventilation in areas of each such building where housekeeping and maintenance activities involve the use of equipment or products that could reasonably be expected to result in hazardous chemical or particulate exposures, among other things; (ii) controlling microbial and fungal contamination in each such building by promptly repairing water intrusion that can promote microbial or fungal growth; (iii) ensuring indoor air quality during renovation and remodeling or new construction in various ways; and (iv) keeping school building system maintenance records. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a school board employee complaint and resolution process relating to indoor air quality in public school buildings.

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Title

Public school buildings; indoor air quality standards.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Appropriations
2024-02-05HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-31HouseAssigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2024-01-31HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-31HouseCommittee substitute printed 24106603D-H1
2024-01-31HouseReported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2024-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-29HouseAssigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103275D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221141.3(n/a)See Bill Text
221141.9(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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