Virginia Senate Bill 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public schools; instructional time. Requires local school boards to provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional time to students in elementary school, except for students in half-day kindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional time to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science. The bill authorizes local school boards to include and requires the Board of Education to accept, for elementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours. This bill is identical to HB 1419.

Public schools; instructional time for elementary school.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2018-03-09 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 3-N) (Y: 93 N: 3 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) (Y: 1 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 2-N) (Y: 98 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-26 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)
2018-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 784 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
2018-03-22	Senate	Signed by President
2018-03-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-03-20	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)
2018-03-20	Senate	Enrolled
2018-03-09	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2018-03-08	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 3-N)
2018-03-08	House	Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 3-N)
2018-03-08		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2018-03-08	House	Delegates: Delaney, Davis, Yancey
2018-03-08	House	Conferees appointed by House
2018-03-07	Senate	Senators: Petersen, Peake, Lewis
2018-03-07	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2018-03-07	Senate	Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
2018-03-06	House	House requested conference committee
2018-03-06	House	House insisted on substitute
2018-03-05	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
2018-03-01	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 2-N)
2018-03-01	House	Passed House with substitute (98-Y 2-N)
2018-03-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB273H1
2018-03-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 18107366D-H1
2018-03-01	House	Read third time
2018-02-28	House	Read second time
2018-02-26	House	Committee substitute printed 18107366D-H1
2018-02-26	House	Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2018-02-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2018-02-16	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-02-05	House	Read first time
2018-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2018-01-29	Senate	Printed as engrossed 18101672D-E
2018-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB273E
2018-01-29	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2018-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2018-01-29	Senate	Read second time
2018-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
2018-01-25	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2018-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101672D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB273+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB273E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB273H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB273ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0784+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0068+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0162SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0206SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0902V0045+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0161+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1224+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0869SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV1041SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1499+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV1161SB0273+SB0273