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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents."
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description: "Public schools; lock-down drills; notice toparents. Requires every public school to provide the parentsof enrolled students with at least 24 hours' notice before the schoolconducts any lock-down drill. The bill specifies that no such noticeis required to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 270"
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citation: "Virginia HB 270 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-30"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c7f7c2-2d68-42ca-98bf-ad2b72e33cde"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB270"
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source_hash: "e5a6ac1a12d31af23c1fde32871ecf4de0b64f97dda8544e4fd606f16e2e7223"
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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 270 (2020) — Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents.
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Public schools; lock-down drills; notice toparents. Requires every public school to provide the parentsof enrolled students with at least 24 hours' notice before the schoolconducts any lock-down drill. The bill specifies that no such noticeis required to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0378)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB270ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB270ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB270)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB270)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102057D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-30** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB270)
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB270ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/20) `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/93c7f7c2-2d68-42ca-98bf-ad2b72e33cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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