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Bill Public high schools; SOL curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction. Public high schools; research-based hazing prevention instruction. Requires the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction to be provided as a part of physical or health education instruction provided to students in grade nine or 10. The bill requires such hazing prevention instruction to include age-appropriate, extensive, and current education about hazing, including (i) examples of hazing; (ii) the dangers of hazing, including the consequences of alcohol intoxication; and (iii) school policies and laws related to hazing, including criminal penalties and bystander intervention. The bill requires such research-based hazing prevention instruction to be offered in-person but requires each school board to provide options for virtual participation for any student who is enrolled in an online or virtual physical or health education program. Finally, the bill requires each school board to provide such research-based hazing prevention instruction beginning with the school year following the Board's adoption of revised Standards of Learning for physical and health education for grades nine and 10 incorporating such research-based hazing prevention instruction and directs the Board to, in the intermediary time, develop and post on its website guidance documents for the purpose of making such research-based hazing prevention instruction available to local school boards. This bill is identical to SB 379. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 719 Virginia HB 719 (2024)
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Virginia HB 719 (2024) — Public high schools; SOL curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction.

Public high schools; research-based hazing prevention instruction. Requires the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction to be provided as a part of physical or health education instruction provided to students in grade nine or 10. The bill requires such hazing prevention instruction to include age-appropriate, extensive, and current education about hazing, including (i) examples of hazing; (ii) the dangers of hazing, including the consequences of alcohol intoxication; and (iii) school policies and laws related to hazing, including criminal penalties and bystander intervention. The bill requires such research-based hazing prevention instruction to be offered in-person but requires each school board to provide options for virtual participation for any student who is enrolled in an online or virtual physical or health education program. Finally, the bill requires each school board to provide such research-based hazing prevention instruction beginning with the school year following the Board's adoption of revised Standards of Learning for physical and health education for grades nine and 10 incorporating such research-based hazing prevention instruction and directs the Board to, in the intermediary time, develop and post on its website guidance documents for the purpose of making such research-based hazing prevention instruction available to local school boards. This bill is identical to SB 379.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0144 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107033D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB719ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101641D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) — 5543 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) — 72 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
  • Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
  • Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
  • Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101641D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107033D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107033D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB719H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) passage
  • 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB719H1)
  • 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-26 Passed by for the day
  • 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-27 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB719ER) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB719ER)
  • 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ee86973-297b-455a-a39a-32324b10c17f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).