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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB863

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Legislation Overview

Title: Local law enforcement; certain reports to school principals and division superintendents.

Subject: Education: Police

Description: Local law enforcement; certain reports to school principals and division superintendents; form and scope. Requires local law-enforcement authorities to report in writing, and the principal or his designee and the division superintendent to receive each such report, on (i) any suspected offense, offense for which any charge has been filed, or offense that is subject to investigation, that was committed by a student enrolled at the school if the offense would be a felony if committed by an adult or would be a violation of the Drug Control Act and occurred on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, or would be an adult misdemeanor involving certain enumerated incidents, and (ii) whether the student is released to the custody of his parent or, if 18 years of age or older, is released on bond. Current law does not require such reports to be in writing and only applies to student offenses but does not specify whether such reports are required to be made for student offenses that are suspected, charged, or subject to investigation.

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Stricken from docket by Education (22-Y 0-N)

Last Action Date: February 2, 2022

Sponsors

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3 sponsors: David Reid (D); Michelle Maldonado (D); Suhas Subramanyam (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 3% (3 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 2, 2022 Stricken from docket by Education (22-Y 0-N)
House Feb 1, 2022 Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
House Jan 27, 2022 Assigned Education sub: K-12
House Jan 12, 2022 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103242D
House Jan 12, 2022 Referred to Committee on Education
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jan 12, 2022 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/1/2022 8 0 0 0 Yes
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/2/2022 22 0 0 0 Yes
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Cherry, Mike (R) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Sewell, Briana (D) Yea
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Wampler, William (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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