---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment."
description: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment. Classifies security-relateddevices located outside of the school building on school propertyand security-related devices located on school buses as eligiblesecurity equipment under the Public School Security Equipment GrantAct of 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 594"
citation: "Virginia SB 594 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b108e7d3-e118-4e3b-bb35-49b6bec005e7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB594"
source_hash: "7071e4457e9fc0556fe0e860eb5430a1f94caf73eecf8b2c5b6e132b97383bec"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 594 (2020) — Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment.

Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment. Classifies security-relateddevices located outside of the school building on school propertyand security-related devices located on school buses as eligiblesecurity equipment under the Public School Security Equipment GrantAct of 2013.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0778)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB594ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB594ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB594)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB594)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100774D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB594)
- **2020-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Education (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB594ER)
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 778 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b108e7d3-e118-4e3b-bb35-49b6bec005e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).