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2022 SESSION
HB 1272 Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; student instruction.
Introduced by: Amanda E. Batten | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public school-based early childhood care and education program for the entirety of the instructional time provided pursuant to such program. The bill permits, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, rule, or policy implemented by a school board, school division, school official, or other state or local authority, the parent of any child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school, or in any school-based early childhood care and education program, to elect for such child to not wear a mask while on school property. The bill provides that no parent making such an election shall be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child's health or education status and no student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of this parental election. The bill clarifies that none of the foregoing provisions shall be construed to affect the authority granted to the Governor to achieve the purposes of relevant emergency services and disaster law with regard to a communicable disease of public health threat.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104602D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106116D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1272ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1272ER2) pdf
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments not adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/20/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104602D
- 01/20/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/31/22 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 02/09/22 House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106116D-H1
- 02/11/22 House: Read first time
- 02/14/22 House: Read second time
- 02/14/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106116D-H1
- 02/14/22 House: Motion to pass by Floor Amendment #1 by Delegate Simon agreed to (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/22 House: VOTE: Agree To (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/22 House: Motion to pass by Floor Amendment #2 by Delegate Simon agreed to (53-Y 47-N)
- 02/14/22 House: VOTE: Agree To (53-Y 47-N)
- 02/14/22 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/14/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1272H1
- 02/15/22 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/15/22 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/22/22 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/24/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/25/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 03/03/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/03/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1272ER)
- 03/03/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/27/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/27/22 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (61-Y 39-N)
- 04/27/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 39-N)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (25-Y 15-N)
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled
- 04/27/22 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1272ER2)
- 04/27/22 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Enacted, Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)