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type: "Bill"
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title: "School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc."
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description: "School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense. The bill provides, as an exception to the requirement to report any written threats against school personnel while on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, that a principal is not required but may report to the local law-enforcement agency any such incident committed by a student who has an individualized education plan. This bill is identical to SB 36."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 4"
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citation: "Virginia HB 4 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-12-06"
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last_action: "2022-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaea7057-9ac6-4415-b4ff-b0ce402deacd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB4"
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source_hash: "9ea633494dc12e580b05f89489add7d6c0925bbb6b2f3a6f43d79c35fd5c36a4"
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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 4 (2022) — School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc.
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School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense. The bill provides, as an exception to the requirement to report any written threats against school personnel while on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, that a principal is not required but may report to the local law-enforcement agency any such incident committed by a student who has an individualized education plan. This bill is identical to SB 36.
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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. **CHAP0793** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0793)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105170D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB4H1)
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3. **HB4ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB4ER)
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4. **HB4ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB4ER2)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102790D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB4)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 43-N) — **56–43** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 34-N) — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 12-N) — **87–12** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Rejected (47-Y 51-N) — **47–50** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
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- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen S. Greenhalgh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie E. March — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy V. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- William C. Wampler III — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102790D `introduction`
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- **2021-12-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB4)
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- **2022-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-26** Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-26** Committee substitute printed 22105170D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 22105170D-H1
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- **2022-01-31** Amendment by Delegate Rasoul rejected (47-Y 51-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Rejected (47-Y 51-N)
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- **2022-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB4H1
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- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N)
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- **2022-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2022-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N)
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- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 34-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB4H1)
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB4ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (57-Y 43-N)
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- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 43-N)
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- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (88-Y 12-N)
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- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 12-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Amendment #1 passed by for the day
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- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB4ER2)
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
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- **2022-04-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
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- **2022-05-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 793 (effective 7/1/22) `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/aaea7057-9ac6-4415-b4ff-b0ce402deacd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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