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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.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB270ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB270) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (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).