Virginia Senate Bill 1502 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-19 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Public schools; electives on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament and the New Testament. Requires the Board of Education to authorize local school boards to offer as an elective in grades nine through 12, with appropriate credits toward graduation, a course on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament of the Bible or the New Testament of the Bible or a combined course on both. The bill requires the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for such courses. The bill provides that the purpose of such courses is to introduce students to biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy. The bill prohibits students from being required to use a specific translation of a religious text when taking the courses and provides that such courses shall maintain religious neutrality and shall not endorse, favor, promote, disfavor, or show hostility toward any particular religion or nonreligious perspective.

Public schools; electives on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament and the New Testament.

Sen. Charles Carrico [R]

Sen. Richard Black [R]

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

2019-02-13 - House - House: Reported from Education (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-19	House	Left in Appropriations
2019-02-13	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2019-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-02-13	House	Reported from Education (13-Y 9-N)
2019-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2019-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
2019-02-08	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Printed as engrossed 19100931D-E
2019-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1502E
2019-02-04	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-04	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2019-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
2019-01-16	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100931D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	202.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1502
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1502+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1502E+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0142+SB1502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0313SB1502+SB1502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0355SB1502+SB1502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0375SB1502+SB1502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0902V0037+SB1502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H09V0148+SB1502