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Bill School buildings; plans to be reviewed by a professional trained & experienced in crime prevention. Requires the plans and specifications for new or remodeled public school building construction to be reviewed by an individual or entity with professional expertise in crime prevention through environmental design. All comments by such reviewer shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction along with the final plans and specifications. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1738 Virginia HB 1738 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1738 (2019) — School buildings; plans to be reviewed by a professional trained & experienced in crime prevention.

Requires the plans and specifications for new or remodeled public school building construction to be reviewed by an individual or entity with professional expertise in crime prevention through environmental design. All comments by such reviewer shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction along with the final plans and specifications.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1738ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100653D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106566D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106566D-S1 — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Nick Rush — primary (person)
  • Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
  • Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
  • David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
  • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
  • Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
  • Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
  • Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100653D introduction
  • 2018-12-19 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2019-01-18 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2019-01-22 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2019-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 19106566D-S1
  • 2019-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1738S1
  • 2019-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-13 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106566D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-02-15 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-15 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-15 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
  • 2019-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91fc0403-ff68-4390-9412-e66e0cbe423d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).