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2023 SESSION
HB 1556 K-9 Detection Teams; permitted in public schools.
Introduced by: Emily M. Brewer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Employment of K-9 Detection Teams in public schools permitted. Permits any school board to employ or hire on a contract basis in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division a full-time or part-time K-9 Detection Team, defined in the bill as a safety assessment team that (i) consists of a canine and a canine handler who are trained specifically to detect explosives, firearms, narcotics, and tobacco products and nicotine vapor products, as those terms are defined in relevant law, and (ii) is employed by a school board or hired by a school board on a contract basis to provide such detection services in public elementary and secondary schools in the local school division pursuant to a contract with an entity that is approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to train canines and canine handlers to provide such detection services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102553D pdf
- 01/18/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23104657D-H1 pdf
- 01/27/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105375D-H2 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/05/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102553D
- 01/05/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/23 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 01/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/18/23 House: Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 01/18/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23104657D-H1
- 01/18/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/19/23 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/25/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105375D-H2
- 01/31/23 House: Read first time
- 02/01/23 House: Read second time
- 02/01/23 House: Committee on Education substitute rejected 23104657D-H1
- 02/01/23 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23105375D-H2
- 02/01/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H2
- 02/02/23 House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/02/23 House: VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/16/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)