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Bill	Disorderly conduct; students.	Disorderly conduct; students. Provides that an elementary or secondary school student is not guilty of disorderly conduct in a public place if the disorderly conduct occurred on the property of an elementary or secondary school, on a school bus, or at any activity conducted or sponsored by any elementary or secondary school. This bill incorporates HB 8 and is identical to SB 3.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 256	Virginia HB 256 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	5	38	8	2019-12-30	2020-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/12841ec5-3c1d-4b58-b76e-2d4c5078c0bd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB256	a85b09a2cc6d1249616ebf3d037c7d45a72bf050a7c7b781c98d321b1d4f786b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 256 (2020) — Disorderly conduct; students.

Disorderly conduct; students. Provides that an elementary or secondary school student is not guilty of disorderly conduct in a public place if the disorderly conduct occurred on the property of an elementary or secondary school, on a school bus, or at any activity conducted or sponsored by any elementary or secondary school. This bill incorporates HB 8 and is identical to SB 3.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB256ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB256) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB256H1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled bill text (HB256ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Agree To (57-Y 37-N) — 56–37 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 4-N) — 15–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100028D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB256)
• 2020-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20105154D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Incorporates HB8 (Bourne)
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB256H1)
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 20105154D-H1
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB256H1
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB256ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-04 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 37-N)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree To (57-Y 37-N)
• 2020-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-03-08 Reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Reenrolled bill text (HB256ER2)
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Enacted, Chapter 199 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12841ec5-3c1d-4b58-b76e-2d4c5078c0bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).