Virginia House Bill 145 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Passed on March 4 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students; policies. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board, no later than December 31, 2020, model policies concerning the treatment of transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools that address common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) compliance with applicable nondiscrimination laws; (ii) maintenance of a safe and supportive learning environment free from discrimination and harassment for all students; (iii) prevention of and response to bullying and harassment; (iv) maintenance of student records; (v) identification of students; (vi) protection of student privacy and the confidentiality of sensitive information; (vii) enforcement of sex-based dress codes; and (viii) student participation in sex-specific school activities and events, excluding athletics, and use of school facilities. The bill requires each school board to adopt, no later than the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies developed by the Department of Education.

Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]
Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2020-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N) (Y: 60 N: 39 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Passage #2 (62-Y 36-N) (Y: 62 N: 36 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) (Y: 61 N: 37 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)
2020-03-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
2020-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
2020-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB145ER)
2020-02-21	House	Enrolled
2020-02-19	House	VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N)
2020-02-19	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N)
2020-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-17	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-17	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-31	House	VOTE: Passage #2 (62-Y 36-N)
2020-01-31	House	Passed House (62-Y 36-N)
2020-01-31	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2020-01-31	House	VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
2020-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N)
2020-01-30	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-29	House	Read first time
2020-01-27	House	Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N)
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
2019-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-12-18	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101310D

SB161 (Same As) 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	23.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB145
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB145+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB145ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0153+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0901V0023+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0035+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0258+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0243+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0222+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB0145+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0686HB0145+HB0145
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1016+HB0145