republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2599.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public schools; prohibits use of seclusion and restraint.	Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations regarding the use of seclusion and restraint in public schools, to specifically identify and prohibit the use of any method of restraint or seclusion that it determines poses a significant danger to the student and establish safety standards for seclusion.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2599	Virginia HB 2599 (2019)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Education	enacted	John J. Bell	5	20	8	2019-01-09	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/742bf2d5-a358-452a-81be-68931610c80a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2599	ad4c4d7ed10600fb84785156079448445bda6782e0985dd242d6293b73c9c3ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2599 (2019) — Public schools; prohibits use of seclusion and restraint.

Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations regarding the use of seclusion and restraint in public schools, to specifically identify and prohibit the use of any method of restraint or seclusion that it determines poses a significant danger to the student and establish safety standards for seclusion.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2599ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105982D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19102582D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Bell — primary (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Presented and ordered printed 19102582D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105982D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2599H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 591 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/742bf2d5-a358-452a-81be-68931610c80a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).