republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-66.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools; fire drills, timing and frequency."
description: "Public schools; fire drills; timing and frequency. Requires the first of the two fire drills required during the first20 days of each public school session to be conducted during thefirst 10 days of such school session. The bill also requires everypublic school to hold additional fire drills during the remainderof such school session as required by the Statewide Fire PreventionCode, which currently requires such additional fire drills to be conducted on a monthly basis. Current law requires at least two additionalfire drills to be conducted during the remainder of the public schoolsession after the two fire drills required during the first 20 daysof each such school session."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "Virginia HB 66 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. Campbell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2764f997-d92c-4527-8afb-25e947a64f43"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB66"
source_hash: "7dfbcc12a0f1a81327bea5d7ed274fe3e43bf65d961c6de5300343435cba7809"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 66 (2024) — Public schools; fire drills, timing and frequency.

Public schools; fire drills; timing and frequency. Requires the first of the two fire drills required during the first20 days of each public school session to be conducted during thefirst 10 days of such school session. The bill also requires everypublic school to hold additional fire drills during the remainderof such school session as required by the Statewide Fire PreventionCode, which currently requires such additional fire drills to be conducted on a monthly basis. Current law requires at least two additionalfire drills to be conducted during the remainder of the public schoolsession after the two fire drills required during the first 20 daysof each such school session.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0432** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0432)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105455D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB66H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108644D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB66S1)
4. **HB66ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB66ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100752D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB66)

## Votes

- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — **1–98** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellen H. Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100752D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB66)
- **2024-01-15** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-17** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Committee substitute printed 24105455D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB66H1)
- **2024-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 24105455D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB66H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute printed 24108644D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108644D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB66S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108644D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
- **2024-03-05** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
- **2024-03-06** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** House acceded to request
- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2024-03-07** Delegates: Clark, Convirs-Fowler, Campbell
- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2024-03-07** Senators: VanValkenburg, Bagby, Durant
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB66S1)
- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB66ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB66ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2764f997-d92c-4527-8afb-25e947a64f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).