Disorderly conduct; students.
Summary
Disorderly conduct in public places; schoolactivities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disruptingwillfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operationof any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by anyschool if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderlyconduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendencyto cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually,the disruption is directed.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Nov 18, 2019
Signed Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 12, 2020
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Mar 8, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Mar 12, 2020
Became law
Enacted, Chapter 355 (effective 7/1/20)
Mar 12, 2020
Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
Mar 12, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (53-Y 37-N)
Mar 8, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
Feb 19, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House (64-Y 36-N)
Feb 14, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
Feb 13, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Feb 10, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Feb 10, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB3S1
Feb 10, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee substitute agreed to 20105818D-S1
Feb 5, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
Nov 18, 2019
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Nov 18, 2019
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100173D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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