VA HB936 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Public school buildings; indoor air quality standards. Establishes several enumerated requirements for school boards to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including (i) identifying a designated individual to oversee the establishment of and adherence to a preventive maintenance schedule for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in each such building and the implementation of the use of general or local exhaust ventilation in areas of each such building where housekeeping and maintenance activities involve the use of equipment or products that could reasonably be expected to result in hazardous chemical or particulate exposures, among other things; (ii) controlling microbial and fungal contamination in each such building by promptly repairing water intrusion that can promote microbial or fungal growth; (iii) ensuring indoor air quality during renovation and remodeling or new construction in various ways; and (iv) keeping school building system maintenance records. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a school board employee complaint and resolution process relating to indoor air quality in public school buildings.
Title
Public school buildings; indoor air quality standards.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-13 | House | Left in Appropriations |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Committee substitute printed 24106603D-H1 |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103275D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | 141.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 141.9 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
