Virginia House Bill 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-05 - Passed by indefinitely in Education (12-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Local school boards; family life education curricula. Requires each local school board to implement a comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in grades kindergarten through 12 that is consistent with the family life education Standards of Learning or curriculum guidelines developed by the Board of Education and removes from such standards and guidelines the requirement for instruction in the benefits, challenges, responsibilities, and value of marriage for men, women, children, and communities; abstinence education; the value of postponing sexual activity; and the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy.

Family life education curricula; local school board to implement in grades kindergarten through 12.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2018-02-05 - House - House: Passed by indefinitely in Education (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-05	House	Passed by indefinitely in Education (12-Y 10-N)
2018-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-12-21	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2017-12-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102435D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	207.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	207.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	253.13:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB159
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB159+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0053+HB0159