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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.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB44ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB44) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (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).