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| Bill | School principals; incident reports. | School principals; incident reports. Eliminates the requirement for reports to be made to division superintendents and school principals on incidents involving assault or assault and battery, without bodily injury, of any person on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill also eliminates the requirement that school principals report certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense to law enforcement. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 257 | Virginia HB 257 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 257 (2020) — School principals; incident reports.
School principals; incident reports. Eliminates the requirement for reports to be made to division superintendents and school principals on incidents involving assault or assault and battery, without bodily injury, of any person on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill also eliminates the requirement that school principals report certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense to law enforcement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB257ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB257H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB257S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB257) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (46-Y 44-N) — 45–44 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N) — 80–15 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102602D
introduction - 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB257)
- 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB695 (Simonds)
- 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20105280D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20105280D-H1
- 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB257H1
- 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 15-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N)
- 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB257H1)
- 2020-02-19 Floor substitute printed 20108367D-S1 (McClellan)
- 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-19 Substitute by Senator McClellan agreed to 20108367D-S1
- 2020-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB257S1
- 2020-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N)
passage - 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB257S1)
- 2020-02-21 Pending question ordered
- 2020-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108367D-S1 (46-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (46-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB257ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/512d3725-18b3-4e93-852b-c243fc68b7f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).