Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders, notification.
Summary
Requires any school principal who receives notice that a circuit court, general district court, juvenile and domestic relations court, or magistrate has issued a protective order for the protection of a child who is enrolled at a public elementary or secondary school where such principal is employed, or any other order prohibiting contact with such a child, including an order issued as a condition of pretrial or posttrial supervision, to subsequently notify certain school personnel that such order has been issued. The bill also requires the Board of Education to establish guidelines and develop model policies to aid school boards in the implementation of such notification.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0)
senate
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1997H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105968D-H1
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102569D
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Cheryl B. Turpin
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher E. Collins
RRepublican
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Debra H. Rodman
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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