Virginia Senate Bill 825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public schools; background checks; Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. The bill also provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is subject to the same requirement of each local school board that all applicants for employment as instructional personnel at such school, or for employment as a contractor who shall have direct contact with students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities, be required to provide data on prior convictions for certain crimes and submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information on such applicants. Public schools; background checks; Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. The bill also provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is subject to the same requirement of each local school board that all applicants for employment as instructional personnel at such school, or for employment as a contractor who shall have direct contact with students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities, be required to provide data on prior convictions for certain crimes and submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information on such applicants.

Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; background checks for all applicants for employment.

Sen. John Bell [D]

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

2023-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB825ER)
2023-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-24	House	VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
2023-02-24	House	Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
2023-02-24	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-24		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2023-02-23	House	Delegates: Davis, Tata, Subramanyam
2023-02-23	House	Conferees appointed by House
2023-02-23	Senate	Senators: Bell, Hashmi, Pillion
2023-02-23	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	House requested conference committee
2023-02-23	House	House insisted on amendment
2023-02-22	Senate	House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House with amendment (98-Y 1-N)
2023-02-21	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2023-02-21	House	Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to
2023-02-21	House	Read third time
2023-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2023-02-17	House	Read second time
2023-02-15	House	Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB825S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105511D-S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105511D-S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2022-12-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-12-21	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102690D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	296.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	296.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	349	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB825
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0670+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105511D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/H231875.htm
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB825AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB825AHE
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB825AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB825F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB825FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB825FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0153+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0241SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0276SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0277SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0901V0050+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0184+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2096+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0743SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0887SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0943SB0825+SB0825
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2363+SB0825