HB 936 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Public school buildings; indoor air quality standards.

Summary
Public school buildings; indoor air qualitystandards. Establishes several enumerated requirements for schoolboards to ensure indoor air quality in each public school buildingin the local school division, including (i) identifying a designatedindividual to oversee the establishment of and adherence to a preventivemaintenance schedule for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning(HVAC) system in each such building and the implementation of theuse of general or local exhaust ventilation in areas of each suchbuilding where housekeeping and maintenance activities involve the use of equipment or products that could reasonably be expected toresult in hazardous chemical or particulate exposures, among otherthings; (ii) controlling microbial and fungal contamination in eachsuch building by promptly repairing water intrusion that can promotemicrobial or fungal growth; (iii) ensuring indoor air quality duringrenovation and remodeling or new construction in various ways; and(iv) keeping school building system maintenance records. The billalso requires the Department of Education to establish and administera school board employee complaint and resolution process relatingto indoor air quality in public school buildings.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Feb 13, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 31, 2024

How they voted

200
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 21
Jan 31, 2024
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Destiny LeVere Bolling
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
VA
80