School buildings, public; mold testing, effective date.
Summary
Local school boards; mold testing; parental notification. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, a plan to remediate mold in public school buildings in accordance with guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill requires each local school board to (i) submit such testing plan and report the results of any test performed in accordance with such plan to the Department of Health and (ii) take all steps necessary to notify school staff and the parents of all enrolled students if testing results indicate the presence of mold in a public school building at or above the minimum level that raises a concern for the health of building occupants, as determined by the Department of Health. The bill has an effective date of July 1, 2021.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
38–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 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
41
Key actions
14
Committee
17
Amendments
2
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (92-Y 6-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB845S1
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106552D-S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103494D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
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