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2023 SESSION
SB 825 Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; background checks for all applicants for employment.
Introduced by: John J. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public schools; background checks; Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is deemed a governmental entity for the purpose of receiving from the Central Criminal Records Exchange criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment. The bill also provides that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is subject to the same requirement of each local school board that all applicants for employment as instructional personnel at such school, or for employment as a contractor who shall have direct contact with students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities, be required to provide data on prior convictions for certain crimes and submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information on such applicants.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102690D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105511D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB825ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 12/21/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102690D
- 12/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105511D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105511D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB825S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/10/23 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 02/14/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: Read second time
- 02/20/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/23 House: Read third time
- 02/21/23 House: Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to
- 02/21/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/21/23 House: Passed House with amendment (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/23 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/23 Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/23/23 House: House insisted on amendment
- 02/23/23 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senators: Bell, Hashmi, Pillion
- 02/23/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/23 House: Delegates: Davis, Tata, Subramanyam
- 02/24/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB825ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)