Virginia House Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; campus free speech; policies, materials, and reports. Requires each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to (i) establish and include in its student handbook, on its website, and in its student orientation programs policies regarding speech that is protected under the First Amendment and the process to report incidents of disruption of such speech; (ii) develop materials on such policies and notify any employee who is responsible for the discipline or education of enrolled students of such materials; and (iii) develop, post on its website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner, and submit to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1 of each year a report on the institution's compliance relating to free speech on campus.

Higher educational institutions, public; constitutionally protected speech, etc.

Del. Steven Landes [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]
Del. Charles Poindexter [R]

2018-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 8-N) (Y: 89 N: 8 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
2018-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 7, 2018
2018-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2018-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB344ER)
2018-03-02	House	Enrolled
2018-02-28	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2018-02-28	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107473D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
2018-02-28	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-26	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB344S1
2018-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 18107473D-S1
2018-02-26	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2018-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 18107473D-S1
2018-02-22	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 8-N)
2018-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N)
2018-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB344H1
2018-02-01	House	Substitute by Delegate Toscano withdrawn 18106245D-H2
2018-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 18105668D-H1
2018-02-01	House	Read second time
2018-01-31	House	Passed by for the day
2018-01-30	House	Passed by for the day
2018-01-29	House	Passed by for the day
2018-01-29	House	Read second time
2018-01-29	House	Floor substitute printed 18106245D-H2 (Toscano)
2018-01-26	House	Read first time
2018-01-24	House	Committee substitute printed 18105668D-H1
2018-01-24	House	Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
2018-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2018-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
2018-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100379D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	401.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	900.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB344
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB344+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB344H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB344H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB344S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB344ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0751+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0903V0002+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0013+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0286+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0262+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0676HB0344+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0689HB0344+HB0344
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1196+HB0344