republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-484.md

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Bill	Public schools; youth and community violence prevention.	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 HB 626.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 484	Virginia SB 484 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lashrecse D. Aird	4	35	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2a98f8c2-4325-4505-8bd6-3ddfd156e62d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB484	3c03603d9fa2273ac1be3751f4fc5bc6f0fbbf4a75759ad5c52c67dfe43cf512	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 484 (2024) — Public schools; youth and community violence prevention.

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 HB 626.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0357 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107862D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104736D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB484ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) — 88–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104736D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from VCSC (SB484S1)
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB484)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Committee substitute printed 24107862D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 24107862D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB484H1 substitution
• 2024-02-22 Passed House with substitute (89-Y 10-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-26 Title replaced 24107862D-H1
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB484H1)
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB484ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB484ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a98f8c2-4325-4505-8bd6-3ddfd156e62d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).