VA HB1009 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-24 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-24 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Department of Education; policy on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop and each local school board to adopt model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board model policies may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill requires the Department to develop such model policies no later than July 31, 2022, and requires each local school board to adopt policies consistent with this act no later than January 1, 2023. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools. Department of Education; policy on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop and each local school board to adopt model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board model policies may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill requires the Department to develop such model policies no later than July 31, 2022, and requires each local school board to adopt policies consistent with this act no later than January 1, 2023. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
Title
Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-24 | Senate | Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) |
| 2022-02-16 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2022-02-16 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2022-02-15 | House | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) |
| 2022-02-15 | House | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1009H1 |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Pending question ordered |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 22106253D-H1 |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Read second time |
| 2022-02-11 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-02-09 | House | Committee substitute printed 22106253D-H1 |
| 2022-02-09 | House | Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2022-02-08 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2022-01-31 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 |
| 2022-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2022-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100755D |
