HB 1729 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Guidance counselors; changes name to school counselors, staff time.

Summary

Changes the name of guidance counselors to school counselors and requires each school counselor employed by a school board in a public elementary or secondary school to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2018

Committee Review

Jan 2019

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2019

Senate Passage

Feb 2019

Signed into Law

Feb 2019

Introduced Dec 19, 2018 Signed Feb 22, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 16, 2019

How they voted

34–0

Passed

Total votes 34

Feb 8, 2019

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

18

Key actions

6

Committee

4

Feb 22, 2019

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (effective 7/1/19)

executive

Feb 8, 2019

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-0)

senate

Jan 23, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Jan 22, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2019

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1729H1

lower

Jan 21, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 19104768D-H1

lower

Jan 16, 2019

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)

house of delegates

Dec 19, 2018

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

Dec 19, 2018

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100598D

lower

1 primary · 27 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

R. Steven Landes

Christopher K. Peace

David E. Yancey