HB 308 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Students; DOE to establish guideline for excused absence due to mental and behavioral health.

Summary

Public elementary and secondary school students; excused absences; mental and behavioral health. Requires the Department of Education to establish and distribute to each school board no later than December 31, 2020, guidelines for the granting of excused absences to students who are absent from school due to mental or behavioral health and requires any student who is absent from school due to his mental or behavioral health to be granted an excused absence, subject to such guidelines.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Apr 2020

Introduced Dec 31, 2019 Signed Apr 8, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 869 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 26, 2020

Introduced

Senate amendment agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)

lower

Feb 24, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N)

upper

Feb 24, 2020

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 24, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed by temporarily

upper

Feb 24, 2020

Upper · Passed

Committee amendment agreed to

upper

Feb 24, 2020

Introduced

Reading of amendment waived

upper

Feb 20, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2020

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Feb 5, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 4, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2020

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB308H1

lower

Feb 3, 2020

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 20106887D-H1

lower

Jan 29, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 8-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2020

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12

lower

Dec 31, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

Dec 31, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100877D

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors