---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; security equipment."
description: "Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; security equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2720"
citation: "Virginia HB 2720 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d24ce29-9103-4d05-919a-29535fd4078c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2720"
source_hash: "1dc26f4975876364301dd01d7ff5154631ba9334dddb6ee759ee5e9b77c41675"
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 HB 2720 (2019) — Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; security equipment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0231)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2720ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2720ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104548D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2720)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 19104548D `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 231 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d24ce29-9103-4d05-919a-29535fd4078c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).