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type: "Bill"
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title: "School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order."
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description: "School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order. Provides that an attendance officer, or a division superintendent or his designee when acting as an attendance officer, may complete, sign, and file with the intake officer of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, on forms approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia, a petition for a violation of a school attendance order entered by the juvenile and domestic relations district court in response to the filing of a petition alleging the pupil is a child in need of supervision. The bill provides that such actions do not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. This bill is identical to HB 1081."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 237"
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citation: "Virginia SB 237 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e66f2a2-8d1e-419e-9132-d5fb0bd1b66b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB237"
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source_hash: "3f80aac161511089241f9ce3e18658e79c33c5fd075b577314f03426c356b4cd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 237 (2020) — School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order.
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School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order. Provides that an attendance officer, or a division superintendent or his designee when acting as an attendance officer, may complete, sign, and file with the intake officer of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, on forms approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia, a petition for a violation of a school attendance order entered by the juvenile and domestic relations district court in response to the filing of a petition alleging the pupil is a child in need of supervision. The bill provides that such actions do not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. This bill is identical to HB 1081.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0106)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB237ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB237ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB237S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB237S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB237)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB237)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- George L. Barker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101798D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB237)
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- **2020-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20107148D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20107148D-S1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB237S1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB237S1)
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB237ER)
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 106 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e66f2a2-8d1e-419e-9132-d5fb0bd1b66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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