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| Bill | Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic engagement. | Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic or political engagement. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, each school board (i) shall permit one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student in the local school division who is absent from school to engage in a civic or political event and (ii) may permit additional excused absences for such students who are absent for such purposes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1940 | Virginia HB 1940 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1940 (2021) — Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic engagement.
Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic or political engagement. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, each school board (i) shall permit one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student in the local school division who is absent from school to engage in a civic or political event and (ii) may permit additional excused absences for such students who are absent for such purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0104 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1940ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB1940H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N) — 61–37 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 38-N) — 60–38 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1940)
- 2021-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2021-01-18 Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-20 Passed by for the day
- 2021-01-21 Floor substitute printed 21103483D-H1 (Rasoul)
- 2021-01-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-21 Substitute by Delegate Rasoul agreed to 21103483D-H1
- 2021-01-21 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1940H1
- 2021-01-22 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-22 VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N)
- 2021-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1940H1)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-11 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-11 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Reading of amendments waived
- 2021-02-15 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2021-02-15 Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 13-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-17 Senate amendments agreed to by House (61-Y 38-N)
- 2021-02-17 VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 38-N)
- 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1940ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1a5a99e-6a34-454d-aecc-2000dbbb9cbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).