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| Bill | Public elementary and secondary school students; use of topical sunscreen, etc. | Public elementary and secondary school students;topical sunscreen. Permits any public elementary or secondaryschool student to possess and use topical sunscreen in its originalpackaging on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsoredevent without a note or prescription from a licensed health careprofessional if the topical sunscreen is approved by the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration for nonprescription use for the purpose oflimiting damage to skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 44 | Virginia SB 44 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 44 (2020) — Public elementary and secondary school students; use of topical sunscreen, etc.
Public elementary and secondary school students;topical sunscreen. Permits any public elementary or secondaryschool student to possess and use topical sunscreen in its originalpackaging on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsoredevent without a note or prescription from a licensed health careprofessional if the topical sunscreen is approved by the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration for nonprescription use for the purpose oflimiting damage to skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB44ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB44) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100244D
introduction - 2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB44)
- 2020-01-09 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-13 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-14 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB44ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09e59631-9486-40ca-8723-dd8ac5c683d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).