VA SB656 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools. Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
Title
Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-06 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100) | |
| 2022-04-06 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (effective 7/1/22) | |
| 2022-03-09 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 | |
| 2022-03-09 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022 |
| 2022-03-03 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2022-03-02 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB656ER) |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2022-02-28 | House | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) |
| 2022-02-28 | House | Passed House (52-Y 46-N) |
| 2022-02-28 | House | Read third time |
| 2022-02-25 | House | Read second time |
| 2022-02-23 | House | Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2022-02-21 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2022-02-21 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-02-21 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2022-02-09 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) |
| 2022-02-08 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB656S2 |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 22106195D-S2 |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Committee substitute rejected 22105720D-S1 |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2022-02-07 | Senate | Floor substitute printed 22106195D-S2 (Dunnavant) |
| 2022-02-04 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-03 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) |
| 2022-02-03 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 22105720D-S1 |
| 2022-01-25 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 2022-01-19 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2022-01-19 | Senate | Presented and ordered printed 22100756D |
