Virginia House Bill 1656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on February 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

School security officers; employment by private or religious schools; carrying a firearm in performance of duties. Allows private or religious schools to employ a school security officer and to authorize a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties, subject to the same criteria for carrying a firearm in the performance of his duties imposed on a school security officer employed by the local school board. The bill also updates the definition of school security officer in the assault and battery statute.

School security officers; employment by private or religious schools, carrying a firearm.

Del. Mark Cole [R]

Sen. John McGuire [R]

2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 16-N) (Y: 78 N: 16 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
2019-02-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-15		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
2019-02-15	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
2019-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-13	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-13	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1656ER)
2019-02-13	House	Enrolled
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-25	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 16-N)
2019-01-25	House	Read third time and passed House (78-Y 16-N)
2019-01-24	House	Read second time and engrossed
2019-01-23	House	Read first time
2019-01-21	House	Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2019-01-11	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-11-29	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-11-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100833D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	280.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1656
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1656+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1656ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0120+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0902V0004+HB1656
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H09V0018+HB1656
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV1897+HB1656
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0230+HB1656
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0488HB1656+HB1656
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0493HB1656+HB1656