Virginia Senate Bill 236 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Vetoed on April 7 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-23 - Requires 26 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Student religious viewpoint expression. Codifies the right of students to (i) voluntarily pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression; (ii) organize prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religious gatherings before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other activities and groups; and (iii) wear clothing, accessories, or jewelry that displays religious messages or religious symbols in the same manner and to the same extent that other types of clothing, accessories, and jewelry are permitted. The bill also requires each school division to adopt a policy to permit a student speaker to express a religious viewpoint at any school event at which a student is permitted to publicly speak. The policy shall declare each such school event to be a limited public forum, provide a neutral method for the selection of student speakers, and require each school principal to provide a disclaimer in advance of each such school event that the school division does not endorse any religious viewpoint that may be expressed by student speakers.

Students; codifies right to religious viewpoint expression.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

Sen. Richard Black [R]

Sen. Charles Carrico [R]

Del. Thomas Garrett [R]

2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Motion to reconsider Governor's veto agreed to (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (22-Y 17-N) (Y: 22 N: 17 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 34-N) (Y: 66 N: 34 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 13 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (7-Y 6-N) (Y: 7 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-23	Senate	Requires 26 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
2014-04-23	Senate	Senate sustained Governor's veto (20-Y 19-N)
2014-04-23	Senate	Motion to reconsider Governor's veto agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
2014-04-23	Senate	Requires 26 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
2014-04-23	Senate	Senate sustained Governor's veto (22-Y 17-N)
2014-04-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar
2014-04-07		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2014-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-28	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB236ER)
2014-02-28	Senate	Enrolled
2014-02-26	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 34-N)
2014-02-26	House	Passed House (64-Y 34-N)
2014-02-26	House	Read third time
2014-02-25	House	Read second time
2014-02-24	House	Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
2014-02-14	House	Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
2014-01-24	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-01-24	House	Read first time
2014-01-24	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-01-21	Senate	Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
2014-01-21	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2014-01-21	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2014-01-20	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2014-01-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-01-16	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (7-Y 6-N)
2014-01-08	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2014-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2014-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100426D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	203.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	203.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB236
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB236+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB236ER+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S04V0014+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0073SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0112SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0119SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0120SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H09V0178+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1081+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0959SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0961SB0236+SB0236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0962SB0236+SB0236