Virginia Senate Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 4 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students; policies. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board, no later than December 31, 2020, model policies concerning the treatment of transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools that address common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) compliance with applicable nondiscrimination laws; (ii) maintenance of a safe and supportive learning environment free from discrimination and harassment for all students; (iii) prevention of and response to bullying and harassment; (iv) maintenance of student records; (v) identification of students; (vi) protection of student privacy and the confidentiality of sensitive information; (vii) enforcement of sex-based dress codes; and (viii) student participation in sex-specific school activities and events, excluding athletics, and use of school facilities. The bill requires each school board to adopt, no later than the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies developed by the Department of Education.

Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) (Y: 58 N: 40 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) (Y: 24 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)
2020-03-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 154 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-25	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB161ER)
2020-02-25	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-20	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
2020-02-20	House	Passed House (58-Y 40-N)
2020-02-20	House	Read third time
2020-02-19	House	Read second time
2020-02-17	House	Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N)
2020-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-02-12	House	Read first time
2020-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-21	Senate	Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Printed as reengrossed 20102095D-E2
2020-01-21	Senate	Reengrossed by Senate as amended SB161E2
2020-01-21	Senate	Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to
2020-01-21	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-21	Senate	Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-01-20	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20102095D-E
2020-01-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB161E
2020-01-20	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-20	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-20	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
2020-01-09	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2019-12-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-12-19	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102095D

HB145 (Same As) 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	23.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB161
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB161+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB161E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB161E2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB161ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0154+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0021+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0063SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0100SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0101SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0102SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0107SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0108SB0161+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0209+SB0161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1041+SB0161