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HB853 - Students; Department of Education to establish uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior.
Joseph Christopher Obenshain
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, (i) criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent and a requirement to implement a three-strike system for nonviolent disruptive behavior whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a class if the student repeats or continues the nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student; (ii) a prohibition against holding a teacher liable for taking reasonable actions or utilizing reasonable methods to control a physically disruptive or violently disruptive student; and (iii) appropriate exceptions and modifications for children with disabilities based on the unique needs of each such student.
STATUS
Introduced
HB449 - Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters, statute of limitations, penalties.
Joseph Christopher Obenshain
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters; statute of limitations; penalties. Adds aggravated sexual battery of a child and attempted rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, or object sexual penetration of a child to the list of offenses for which a failure to report subjects a mandatory reporter to criminal liability. The bill further requires that a prosecution for any misdemeanor violation for failing to report certain sexual acts committed against a minor be commenced within one year of the discovery of the offense.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1367 - First Responder and Veteran Passport; established, discounted entry and parking.
Michael J. Jones, Jason S. Ballard, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
State parks; First Responder and Veteran Passport; discounted entry and parking. Establishes a First Responder and Veteran Passport that entitles a first responder or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or other military service to receive a 50 percent discount on parking and admission fees at state parks in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1044 - Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership, effective date.
Sam Rasoul, Israel D. O'Quinn, William P. Davis
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of an accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to
STATUS
Passed
HB802 - Virginia Museum of Transportation; established.
Sam Rasoul, Terry Lee Austin, Jason S. Ballard
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
STATUS
Introduced
HB292 - Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act.
Jason S. Ballard, Jonathan Arnold, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee.
STATUS
Passed
HB98 - Public secondary schools; satisfaction in physical education requirement, participation in Jr. ROTC.
William Chad Green, Mike A. Cherry, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Public secondary schools; satisfaction of physical education requirements; participation in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Permits each local school board to accept participation in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps as fulfillment of any physical education requirements applicable to students in grades nine through 12.
STATUS
Passed
HJR23 - Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day; designating as April 24, 2024 & each succeeding year thereafter.
Joseph Christopher Obenshain
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Designates April 24, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Virginia.
STATUS
Introduced
HB554 - Investigation prior to release; input from the attorney for the Commonwealth.
Joseph Christopher Obenshain
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Investigation prior to release; input from the attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that when the Parole Board is conducting the required investigation to determine if a prisoner will be released on parole, the Board must notify the attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction in which an offense occurred for which the prisoner is incarcerated, and the attorney for the Commonwealth may submit his input to the Board regarding the impact that the release of the prisoner will have on public safety.
STATUS
Introduced
HB674 - Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing a substance that contains two mgs. or more, etc.
Joseph Christopher Obenshain
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Selling, giving, or distributing a substance containing fentanyl; penalties. Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substance he knows contains two milligrams or more of any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to another person without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given, or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder of the first degree by poison. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift, or distribution results in the death of the other person from his use of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold, gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the first degree by poison.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Virginia district HD-041
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