HB 2295 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public elementary and secondary schools; reports of certain acts to law enforcement and parents.

Summary

Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline; reports of certain acts to law enforcement and parents; failure to make required reports prohibited; penalty. Makes (i) the failure of any principal to report, in accordance with applicable law, incidents involving certain school-based offenses to (a) law enforcement or (b) the parent of any minor student who is the specific object of such an incident a Class 3 misdemeanor and (ii) any subsequent conviction under the provisions of the bill or any conviction for a substantially similar offense under the law of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, any state or territory of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia, or the United States a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended from its original introduced version to a substitute version by the House Committee on Education. The most significant substantive change is the modification of penalty provisions for principals who fail to comply with reporting requirements. The original version specified criminal misdemeanor penalties, while the substitute version adds a civil penalty of $500 for first-time violations before escalating to a Class 3 misdemeanor for subsequent violations. The rest of the bill text regarding reporting requirements, scope of reportable incidents, and law enforcement notification procedures remains substantively unchanged, though formatting and line numbering were adjusted during the committee process.

ENFORCEMENT

Changed penalty structure for principals failing to report incidents: original version imposed Class 3 misdemeanor for first violation and Class 2 misdemeanor for subsequent violations; substitute version adds a $500 civil penalty for first violation before escalating to Class 3 misdemeanor for subsequent violations.

TECHNICAL

Added formatting elements including date stamp (1/28/2025), page numbers, and committee attribution indicating this is an amendment in the nature of a substitute proposed by the House Committee on Education.

Adjusted line numbering and spacing throughout the document to reflect standard legislative formatting for substitute bills.

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Committee

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors