republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-626.md

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Bill	Public schools; youth and community violence prevention, report.	Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention; Community Builders Pilot Program established; report. Establishes the Community Builders Pilot Program for the purpose of reducing youth involvement in behaviors that lead to gun violence and increasing community engagement among public school students by providing to students who are entering the eighth grade and enrolled in Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools opportunities during the school year after regular school hours and during the summer months for community engagement, workforce development, postsecondary education exploration, and social-emotional education and development. The bill provides that the school boards of Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools shall be responsible for the administration of the Program and are directed to collect data and report to the Governor and relevant committees of the General Assembly by November 1 of each year on the progress of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 484.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 626	Virginia HB 626 (2024)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	4	37	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2fa8c355-6e99-4c10-9cff-add3301f8429	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB626	7ff4833b08716bac7ab9676d221ce8b88b77c6c906bbe9c113afbe9dbb4c07f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 626 (2024) — Public schools; youth and community violence prevention, report.

Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention; Community Builders Pilot Program established; report. Establishes the Community Builders Pilot Program for the purpose of reducing youth involvement in behaviors that lead to gun violence and increasing community engagement among public school students by providing to students who are entering the eighth grade and enrolled in Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools opportunities during the school year after regular school hours and during the summer months for community engagement, workforce development, postsecondary education exploration, and social-emotional education and development. The bill provides that the school boards of Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools shall be responsible for the administration of the Program and are directed to collect data and report to the Governor and relevant committees of the General Assembly by November 1 of each year on the progress of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 484.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0299 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB626ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104516D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104516D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Referred from Rules — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104516D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB626)
• 2024-01-26 Referred from Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB626E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104516D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB626E)
• 2024-03-01 Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB626ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB626ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fa8c355-6e99-4c10-9cff-add3301f8429. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).