republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disorderly conduct; students."
description: "Disorderly conduct in public places; schoolactivities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disruptingwillfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operationof any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by anyschool if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderlyconduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendencyto cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually,the disruption is directed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Virginia SB 3 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-11-18"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a44fb4-4268-467c-b13e-b5d564f3ef23"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB3"
source_hash: "6571dfb5415e698481feb771c1110a955e43bb10db3541ff4cd13e3f9c35f62a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 3 (2020) — Disorderly conduct; students.

Disorderly conduct in public places; schoolactivities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disruptingwillfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operationof any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by anyschool if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderlyconduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendencyto cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually,the disruption is directed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0355)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB3ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB3ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB3S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB3S1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB3S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB3)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB3ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB3ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N) — **63–36** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 37-N) — **52–37** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100173D `introduction`
- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20105818D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20105818D-S1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB3S1
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB3S1)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House (64-Y 36-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB3ER)
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-07** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-03-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-08** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (53-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-12** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-03-12** Reenrolled
- **2020-03-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB3ER2)
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-03-12** Enacted, Chapter 355 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95a44fb4-4268-467c-b13e-b5d564f3ef23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).