---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment, vaping detectors."
description: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment; vaping detectors. Classifiesvaping detectors as eligible security equipment under the PublicSchool Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "Virginia SB 595 (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: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008321ab-dcf3-441a-acd9-4c21cd9e0b07"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB595"
source_hash: "cf39a90f7b27ee9a3f43cce0e77e9430a485af80438a01dceb12fb0af9c0673a"
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 595 (2020) — Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment, vaping detectors.

Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment; vaping detectors. Classifiesvaping detectors as eligible security equipment under the PublicSchool Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0686)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB595ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB595ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB595)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB595)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (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 20100775D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB595)
- **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 (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB595ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (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/008321ab-dcf3-441a-acd9-4c21cd9e0b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).