Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc.
Summary
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement officer to receive, either in-person or online, the school safety training for public school personnel conducted by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety in accordance with relevant law and requires such officer to serve as the law-enforcement liaison for the school administrator in such a school who has also received such training as prescribed by relevant law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
56
Key actions
20
Committee
21
Apr 27, 2022
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (32-Y 8-N)
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 32-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB873S1
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106977D-S1
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106167D-H1
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104063D
lower
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karen Greenhalgh
RRepublican
Co
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
Co
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
Co
Anne Ferrell Tata
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
Co
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
Co
John Avoli
RRepublican
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