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2023 SESSION
HB 2187 School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
School counselors; staff time. Defines the terms "direct counseling" and "program planning and school support" for the purpose of the provision of law that requires each school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students and clarifies that each school counselor may also spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school hours on program planning and support. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102215D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23102215D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106553D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2187ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102215D
- 01/11/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/24/23 House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
- 01/27/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/23 House: Read first time
- 02/02/23 House: Read second time
- 02/02/23 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/02/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2187E
- 02/02/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23102215D-E
- 02/03/23 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/23 House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106553D-S1
- 02/10/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/13/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23106553D-S1
- 02/13/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2187S1
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/23 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 23106553D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/15/23 House: VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/17/23 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/23 House: House acceded to request
- 02/21/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/23 Senate: Senators: Hashmi, Suetterlein, Lucas
- 02/21/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/23 House: Delegates: Rasoul, Ransone, Batten
- 02/22/23 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/23/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/23 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2187ER)
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)