Virginia Senate Bill 1243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-06 - Chair votes No
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established. Permits the parent of a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school student who meets certain criteria to apply to the school division in which the student resides for a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education funding to which the student is eligible. The bill permits the parent to use the moneys in such account for certain education-related expenses of the student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private, sectarian or nonsectarian elementary or secondary school or preschool that is located in the Commonwealth and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expenses made from such accounts.

Va. Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definitions, report, effective clause.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

Sen. Glen Sturtevant [R]

2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-06	Senate	Chair votes No
2017-02-06	Senate	Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2017-02-03	Senate	Printed as engrossed 17104318D-ES1
2017-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1243ES1
2017-02-03	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2017-02-03	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2017-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17104318D-S1
2017-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2017-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-01	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (11-Y 5-N)
2017-01-26	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2017-01-26	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17104318D-S1
2017-01-26	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102447D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	222.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	222.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1243
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1243+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1243S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1243ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S04V0087+SB1243
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S05V0162+SB1243
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0254SB1243+SB1243
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0308SB1243+SB1243
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0311SB1243+SB1243
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0312SB1243+SB1243