Virginia House Bill 253
Session 2024
School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 8, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
253
State
Virginia
Session
2024
Motion Text
VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
House Roll Call Votes
Yes
Yes
Didn't Vote
Yes
Reaser, Atoosa R.
Yes
Yes
Summary
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school boardto permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondaryschool in the local school division who provides acceptable proofof identification, including any current student identification cardor other school document such as a report card or a personal schoolemail address, and who signs up at least 12 hours in advance of thescheduled start of a school board meeting or is physically presentat a school board meeting to submit oral comments during any publiccomment or citizen participation portion of such meeting.
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on the expression of any other citizen participant in such meetings.
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting.
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D
January 4, 2024
Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E
January 29, 2024
HB253ER
March 5, 2024
Amendment: HB253AH
Amendment: HB253AS
Amendment: HB253ASE
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253F122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253FE122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253FER122.PDF
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04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/24)
03/11/2024
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
03/11/2024
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
03/07/2024
Senate
Signed by President
03/05/2024
House
Signed by Speaker
03/05/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB253ER)
03/05/2024
House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER)
03/05/2024
House
Enrolled
02/28/2024
House
VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
02/28/2024
House
Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
02/26/2024
Senate
Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N)
02/26/2024
Senate
Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/26/2024
Senate
Committee amendment agreed to
02/26/2024
Senate
Reading of amendment waived
02/26/2024
Senate
Read third time
02/23/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
02/22/2024
Senate
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
02/22/2024
Senate
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/15/2024
Senate
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/15/2024
Senate
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/14/2024
Senate
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
02/01/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB253E)
01/31/2024
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/31/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/2024
House
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
01/30/2024
House
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
01/29/2024
House
Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E
01/29/2024
House
Engrossed by House as amended HB253E
01/29/2024
House
Committee amendments agreed to
01/29/2024
House
Read second time
01/26/2024
House
Read first time
01/24/2024
House
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
01/23/2024
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
01/19/2024
House
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
01/15/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB253)
01/04/2024
House
Referred to Committee on Education
01/04/2024
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D
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Record Created
Jan 5, 2024 5:43:29 PM
Record Updated
May 1, 2024 12:09:41 AM