republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1322.md

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Bill	Public schools; seizure management and action plans, biennial training, effective date.	Public schools; seizure management and action plans; biennial training. Provides for the submission and utilization of seizure management and action plans for students with a diagnosed seizure disorder. The bill requires that school nurses and certain school division employees biennially complete Board of Education-approved training in the treatment of students with seizure disorders. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to providing for the care of a student under a seizure management and action plan. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1322	Virginia SB 1322 (2021)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	35	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/f0c5bfaa-6f6c-4af2-a928-f7ceb3041a37	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1322	8c165cf11ffcba5fe48f1543773b6b348ff2fdaa8673e85a54c6c7ade360f6c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1322 (2021) — Public schools; seizure management and action plans, biennial training, effective date.

Public schools; seizure management and action plans; biennial training. Provides for the submission and utilization of seizure management and action plans for students with a diagnosed seizure disorder. The bill requires that school nurses and certain school division employees biennially complete Board of Education-approved training in the treatment of students with seizure disorders. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to providing for the care of a student under a seizure management and action plan. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0514 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103009D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100698D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1322ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — 85–13 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100698D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1322)
• 2021-01-21 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Committee substitute printed 21103009D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-25 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-01-25 Committee substitute agreed to 21103009D-S1
• 2021-01-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1322S1
• 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB1322S1)
• 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
• 2021-02-12 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 2021-02-15 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-18 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-18 Passed House with amendment (86-Y 13-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
• 2021-02-22 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1322ER)
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0c5bfaa-6f6c-4af2-a928-f7ceb3041a37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).