Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data.
Summary
Public schools; school resource officers andschool security officers; data. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in coordination with the Department of Educationand the Department of Juvenile Justice, to annually collect, report,and publish data related to incidents involving students and schoolresource officers or school security officers. The bill also requiresthe Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to analyze and disseminatesubmitted data.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 20, 2019
Signed Mar 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Mar 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (91-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB170E
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Education and Health
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Dec 20, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Dec 20, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103257D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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