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type: "Bill"
title: "School employees; reports of certain arrests and convictions."
description: "Reports of certain arrests and convictions of school employees; timing; method. Removes the requirement to report certain arrests and convictions of school employees enumerated in law via fax to the fax number identified for the division superintendent or the designated division safety official, as the case may be. However, the requirements in current law to make such reports via certified mail and email are preserved."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2063"
citation: "Virginia HB 2063 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas A. Garrett, Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60e48cd7-acb2-416a-91df-c3364c5c8d6c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2063"
source_hash: "a9fd82620994dda72315f855d0b2f41bb413165fad671b52320d8edbd9094537"
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 2063 (2025) — School employees; reports of certain arrests and convictions.
Reports of certain arrests and convictions of school employees; timing; method. Removes the requirement to report certain arrests and convictions of school employees enumerated in law via fax to the fax number identified for the division superintendent or the designated division safety official, as the case may be. However, the requirements in current law to make such reports via certified mail and email are preserved.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014953.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072368.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024327.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030143.PDF)
5. **HCJ Sub: Criminal Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023999.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066640.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101790D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-01-29** Printed as engrossed 25101790D-E
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2063ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60e48cd7-acb2-416a-91df-c3364c5c8d6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).