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2008 SESSION

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SB 539 Higher educational institutions; board of visitors, etc. to establish violence prevention committee.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Higher Education; threat assessment teams at each public institution of higher education.  Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to establish a threat assessment team. The bill also requires the team to adopt a campus-wide committee charged with education and prevention of violence on campus.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 089833288  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 083363804-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/03/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB539ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 089833288
• 01/09/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/16/08  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 01/31/08  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 083363804-S1
• 02/01/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  Senate: Read second time
• 02/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 083363804-S1
• 02/04/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB539S1
• 02/05/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 02/22/08  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  House: Read second time
• 02/26/08  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/27/08  House: Read third time
• 02/27/08  House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
• 02/27/08  House: Rereferred to Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 02/27/08  House: Motion to reconsider rerefer agreed to
• 02/27/08  House: Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/08  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/03/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB539ER)
• 03/03/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/10/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 533 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)