Virginia Senate Bill 170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Passed on March 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public schools; student discipline. Prohibits, except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, and certain criminal acts, students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than three school days or expelled from attendance at school unless (i) the offense involves physical harm or credible threat of physical harm to others or (ii) the local school board or the division superintendent or his designee finds that aggravating circumstances exist, as defined by the Department of Education.

Public schools; student discipline.

Sen. William Stanley [R]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2018-03-06 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 11-N) (Y: 85 N: 11 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)
2018-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 585 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-16		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-16	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
2018-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2018-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-03-08	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB170ER)
2018-03-08	Senate	Enrolled
2018-03-06	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 11-N)
2018-03-06	House	Passed House (85-Y 11-N)
2018-03-06	House	Read third time
2018-03-05	House	Passed by for the day
2018-03-02	House	Read second time
2018-02-28	House	Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
2018-02-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2018-02-26	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2018-02-19	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2018-02-19	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-02-19	House	Read first time
2018-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-13	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
2018-02-12	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB170S1
2018-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 18106727D-S1
2018-02-12	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2018-02-12	Senate	Read second time
2018-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-08	Senate	Committee substitute printed 18106727D-S1
2018-02-08	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2018-02-01	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2017-12-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2017-12-28	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100258D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	254	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	277	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	277.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB170
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB170+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB170S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB170ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0585+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0166+SB0170
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0398SB0170+SB0170
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0473SB0170+SB0170
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0901V0056+SB0170
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0165+SB0170
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1337+SB0170