VA HB485 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB485
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
School boards; employee criminal history records checks and applications; penalty for noncompliance. Clarifies that certain school board employees who are (i) employed in an in-person or remote capacity or some combination thereof or (ii) fully licensed, provisionally licensed, or unlicensed are subject to the requirements in existing law to undergo a criminal history records check and a search of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect and to disclose certain criminal history information at the employment application stage and upon arrest. The bill provides that in the event that any school board fails or refuses to perform its duty to require any employee to undergo a criminal history records check as set forth in relevant law, each individual member of such board is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and his position on such school board shall be deemed vacant.
Title
School boards; employee criminal history records checks and applications, penalty for noncompliance.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-07 | House | Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote |
2024-02-06 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote |
2024-01-19 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
2024-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
2024-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101308D |
Same As/Similar To
HB485 (Carry Over) 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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22 | 1 | 296.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
22 | 1 | 296.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
22 | 1 | 296.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |