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type: "Bill"
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title: "School buildings; electronic room partitions."
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description: "Prohibits school employees from opening or closing an electronic room partition in any school building except under certain limited circumstances. The bill requires any annual safety review or exercise for school employees in a local school division to include information and demonstrations, as appropriate, regarding the operation of such partitions. The bill also requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board model safety guidance regarding the operation of such partitions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1753"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1753 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-12-21"
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last_action: "2019-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a084e7f5-ac56-492c-a15c-bdc008ed1f59"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1753"
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source_hash: "4b32f1d3d547ed750adccbe8fcfdddfd2f72c877e1c77dfc94699e3c936d6e62"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1753 (2019) — School buildings; electronic room partitions.
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Prohibits school employees from opening or closing an electronic room partition in any school building except under certain limited circumstances. The bill requires any annual safety review or exercise for school employees in a local school division to include information and demonstrations, as appropriate, regarding the operation of such partitions. The bill also requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board model safety guidance regarding the operation of such partitions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0369)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1753)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1753ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1753ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106060D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1753H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100322D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1753)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1753ASE)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100322D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19106060D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1753H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a084e7f5-ac56-492c-a15c-bdc008ed1f59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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