---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools; seizure management and action plans, biennial training, effective date."
description: "Public schools; seizure management and action plans; biennial training. Provides for the submission and utilization of seizure management and action plans for students with a diagnosed seizure disorder. The bill requires that school nurses and certain school division employees biennially complete Board of Education-approved training in the treatment of students with seizure disorders. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to providing for the care of a student under a seizure management and action plan. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1322"
citation: "Virginia SB 1322 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c5bfaa-6f6c-4af2-a928-f7ceb3041a37"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1322"
source_hash: "8c165cf11ffcba5fe48f1543773b6b348ff2fdaa8673e85a54c6c7ade360f6c3"
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 1322 (2021) — Public schools; seizure management and action plans, biennial training, effective date.

Public schools; seizure management and action plans; biennial training. Provides for the submission and utilization of seizure management and action plans for students with a diagnosed seizure disorder. The bill requires that school nurses and certain school division employees biennially complete Board of Education-approved training in the treatment of students with seizure disorders. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to providing for the care of a student under a seizure management and action plan. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0514)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103009D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1322S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100698D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1322)
4. **SB1322ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1322ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100698D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1322)
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103009D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 21103009D-S1
- **2021-01-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1322S1
- **2021-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1322S1)
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
- **2021-02-12** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-18** Passed House with amendment (86-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
- **2021-02-22** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1322ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c5bfaa-6f6c-4af2-a928-f7ceb3041a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).