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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB287

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Legislation Overview

Title: School principals; incident reports.

Subject: Education: Police: Students: Misdemeanors

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.

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Incorporated by Education and Health

Last Action Date: February 10, 2022

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Bill DeSteph (R); Frank Ruff (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 10, 2022 Incorporated by Education and Health
Senate Feb 1, 2022 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Senate Jan 11, 2022 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100452D
Senate Jan 11, 2022 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jan 11, 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
02/10/2022 14 0 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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