republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-797.md

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Bill	Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.	Local school boards; lead testing; report; parental notification. Requires each local school board's plan to test and remediate certain potable water sources to be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The bill requires each local school board to submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. The bill also requires local school boards to take all necessary steps to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion. The bill is identical to SB 392.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 797	Virginia HB 797 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alex Q. Askew	4	29	7	2020-01-07	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/746ba9f5-b4e9-4aa4-805b-3b6a2c1d05d6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB797	924d36e12b0754cc97775d99a3a9b12ad05c00e26b1ccc4068aec2403a24fe60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 797 (2020) — Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.

Local school boards; lead testing; report; parental notification. Requires each local school board's plan to test and remediate certain potable water sources to be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The bill requires each local school board to submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. The bill also requires local school boards to take all necessary steps to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion. The bill is identical to SB 392.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB797H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB797H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101840D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 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 (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20105277D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 0-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 20105277D-H1
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB797H1
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB797H1)
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-13 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB797ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/746ba9f5-b4e9-4aa4-805b-3b6a2c1d05d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).