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Bill Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents. Public schools; lock-down drills; notice toparents. Requires every public school to provide the parentsof enrolled students with at least 24 hours' notice before the schoolconducts any lock-down drill. The bill specifies that no such noticeis required to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 270 Virginia HB 270 (2020)
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Virginia HB 270 (2020) — Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents.

Public schools; lock-down drills; notice toparents. Requires every public school to provide the parentsof enrolled students with at least 24 hours' notice before the schoolconducts any lock-down drill. The bill specifies that no such noticeis required to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB270ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB270) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102057D introduction
  • 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB270)
  • 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-22 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB270ER)
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
  • 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c7f7c2-2d68-42ca-98bf-ad2b72e33cde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).