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Bill	Public schools; lock-down drills, frequency, exemptions.	Public schools; lock-down drills; frequency;exemptions. Requires every public school at which sixth gradeis the highest grade taught to hold at least one lock-down drillafter the first 60 days of the school session and every public schoolat which seventh grade or any grade above seventh grade is taughtto hold at least two lock-down drills after the first 60 days ofthe school session, in addition to the two lock-down drills requiredto be held during the first 20 days of the school session at eachsuch school. Current law requires each public school to hold at leasttwo lock-down drills after the first 20 days of the school session.The bill requires kindergarten students to be exempt from mandatoryparticipation in lock-down drills during the first 60 days of theschool session and requires the principal at each relevant school to implement such exemption by either (i) conducting teacher-onlydrills or otherwise providing suitable training for kindergartenteachers or (ii) notifying each parent of a kindergarten studentat least five school days in advance of each planned lock-down drilland permitting each such parent to opt his child out of participationin such lock-down drill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 402	Virginia HB 402 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark L. Keam	5	44	10	2020-01-02	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/61191d1a-86e6-4dda-b1b2-5a1378b10651	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB402	79806a36d0b17b8f7c74fcbf3a70c53d5d4ed68a31487cf6129b4b4baf88a901	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 402 (2020) — Public schools; lock-down drills, frequency, exemptions.

Public schools; lock-down drills; frequency;exemptions. Requires every public school at which sixth gradeis the highest grade taught to hold at least one lock-down drillafter the first 60 days of the school session and every public schoolat which seventh grade or any grade above seventh grade is taughtto hold at least two lock-down drills after the first 60 days ofthe school session, in addition to the two lock-down drills requiredto be held during the first 20 days of the school session at eachsuch school. Current law requires each public school to hold at leasttwo lock-down drills after the first 20 days of the school session.The bill requires kindergarten students to be exempt from mandatoryparticipation in lock-down drills during the first 60 days of theschool session and requires the principal at each relevant school to implement such exemption by either (i) conducting teacher-onlydrills or otherwise providing suitable training for kindergartenteachers or (ii) notifying each parent of a kindergarten studentat least five school days in advance of each planned lock-down drilland permitting each such parent to opt his child out of participationin such 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 (CHAP1040) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB402ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB402E (committee substitute) — source
4. HB402H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB402) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — 0–95 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100724D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB402)
• 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 with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB402E
• 2020-01-27 Printed as engrossed 20100724D-E
• 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
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB402E)
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (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 with amendments passage
• 2020-02-24 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109604D-H1
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB402ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1040 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61191d1a-86e6-4dda-b1b2-5a1378b10651. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).