republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-392.md

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Bill	School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.	School boards; applicants for employment andvolunteer service; criminal history. Prohibits each school boardfrom employing or accepting the volunteer service of any individualwho has been convicted of a violent felony set forth in subsectionC of § 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia or any offense involvingthe sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child.The bill permits each school board to employ or accept the volunteerservice of any individual who has been convicted of any felony orcrime of moral turpitude that is not set forth in subsection C of§ 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia and does not involve the sexualmolestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, providedthat in the case of a felony conviction, such individual has hadhis civil rights restored by the Governor. The bill contains parallelprovisions for contractors and their employees who have direct contactwith students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities. Current law provides that any felonyconviction is a bar to employment and contract work in public schools.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 392	Virginia HB 392 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeion A. Ward	4	29	6	2020-01-02	2020-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5553633f-b083-4d5a-8576-e4b631b1e287	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB392	37e49804154a6d86dd34841dab146ec1f301ce45d7cb72f475eb42563c170837	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 392 (2020) — School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.

School boards; applicants for employment andvolunteer service; criminal history. Prohibits each school boardfrom employing or accepting the volunteer service of any individualwho has been convicted of a violent felony set forth in subsectionC of § 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia or any offense involvingthe sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child.The bill permits each school board to employ or accept the volunteerservice of any individual who has been convicted of any felony orcrime of moral turpitude that is not set forth in subsection C of§ 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia and does not involve the sexualmolestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, providedthat in the case of a felony conviction, such individual has hadhis civil rights restored by the Governor. The bill contains parallelprovisions for contractors and their employees who have direct contactwith students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities. Current law provides that any felonyconviction is a bar to employment and contract work in public schools.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0877) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB392ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB392E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB392) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with amendments (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101566D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB392)
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with amendments (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB392E
• 2020-02-04 Printed as engrossed 20101566D-E
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-05 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB392E)
• 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 (HB392ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 877 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5553633f-b083-4d5a-8576-e4b631b1e287. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).