Virginia House Bill 954 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local school divisions; "Return to Learn Protocol" for students who have suffered concussions or other head injuries. Requires each local school division's policies and procedures regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes to include a "Return to Learn Protocol" that requires school personnel to be alert to cognitive and academic issues that may be experienced by a student who has suffered a concussion or other head injury, including (i) difficulty with concentration, organization, and long-term and short-term memory, (ii) sensitivity to bright lights and sounds, and (iii) short-term problems with speech and language, reasoning, planning, and problem solving, and to accommodate the gradual return to full participation in academic activities of a student who has suffered a concussion or other head injury as appropriate, based on the recommendation of the student's licensed health care provider as to the appropriate amount of time that such student needs to be away from the classroom. The bill also broadens the scope of the "Return to Learn Protocol" in the Board of Education's guidelines for school division policies and procedures on concussions in student-athletes to require school personnel to (a) be alert to cognitive and academic issues that may be experienced by a student who has suffered a concussion or other head injury and (b) accommodate the gradual return to full participation in academic activities of a student who has suffered a concussion or other head injury. Under current law, the "Return to Learn Protocol" only imposes such requirements on school personnel with respect to student-athletes.

Concussions; local school division policy to include Return to Learn Protocol for student-athletes.

Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]	Del. Luke Torian [D]
Del. Luke Torian [D]	Del. Richard Bell [R]	Del. Peter Farrell [R]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-01		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
2016-03-01		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
2016-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
2016-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB954ER)
2016-02-24	House	Enrolled
2016-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-18	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2016-02-10	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2016-02-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-08	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-05	House	Read second time and engrossed
2016-02-04	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2016-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2016-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100630D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	271.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	271.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB954
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB954+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB954ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0151+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0903V0022+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H09V0047+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H09V0050+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H09V0052+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0317+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0167+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0514HB0954+HB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0524HB0954+HB0954