Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB691
Legislation Overview
Title: School Guardian Fund and Program; created and established.
Description: School Guardian Fund and Program; establishment. Establishes the School Guardian Fund and requires the Virginia Center for School and Campus safety to establish and administer the School Guardian Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund on a competitive basis to school boards for the appointment or hiring of school guardians, which the bill defines as any individual, including any school resource officer, school security officer, or other school board employee, who is hired or appointed by a school board to carry a firearm on school property during normal school hours for school security purposes. The bill requires each such school guardian to receive an annual stipend of $500 for the performance of his duties. The bill requires the Center to (i) establish training and screening standards for such school guardians that include, at minimum, a requirement to receive a psychological screening and a drug screening prior to the commencement of school guardian duties and (ii) adopt such other rules and policies as it deems necessary for the administration of the Program, including rules and policies for grant applications and awards.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Mark Obenshain (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2020 | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2020 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102864D |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2020 | 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 |
| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) | 02/6/2020 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
