---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team members, training requirement."
description: "Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team members, training requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1359"
citation: "Virginia SB 1359 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norment"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7345d315-2690-4367-8b51-53f3234e1394"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1359"
source_hash: "8eef6b945abb9e5d70d166e1b98a01b9e596ca1b51dd9e92260bc5d133f46f07"
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 1359 (2023) — Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team members, training requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0295)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101304D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1359)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101304D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1359E)
4. **SB1359ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1359ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101304D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1359)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1359E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23101304D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1359E)
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1359ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1359ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7345d315-2690-4367-8b51-53f3234e1394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).