Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates

HB 8 — School security officers; scope of employment, certain veterans permitted to carry.

Last action — Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 3-N)

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

School security officers; scope of employment;carrying firearm in performance of duties. Provides that eachschool security officer, in addition to performing each enumeratedduty, is responsible for carrying out any other duty assigned to himby the local school board, excluding enforcement of discipline reservedsolely and exclusively to school administrators. The bill permitsa school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance ofhis duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hiredby the local school board or private or religious school, he was anactive duty member in the Armed Forces of the United States who servedon active duty for at least 10 years and received an honorable dischargefrom such service and (ii) he has provided proof of completion ofthe required training course.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

246 added · 241 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 8 includes the removal of the term "Board," which referred to the Criminal Justice Services Board, and the definition of "criminal history record information" has been slightly reworded. Additionally, the amendment specifies that it pertains to certain veterans permitted to carry a firearm in the performance of their duties. This change clarifies the scope of the bill regarding school security officers and the involvement of veterans in law enforcement activities.

→
Previous
Latest
SESSION INTRODUCED 22103404D I HOUSE BILL NO.
SESSION HOUSE SUBSTITUTE 22104669D HOUSE BILL NO.
8 Offered January 12, 2022 N Prefiled December 17, 2021 T A Band 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school security officers;
8 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on January 19, 2022) (Patron Prior to Substitute––Delegate Anderson) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-101, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, certain veterans permitted to carry firearm in the performance of duties.icers;
scope of empRoyment;
scope of employment;
certain veterans.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
–––––––––– O Patrons––Anderson, Avoli, Ballard, Campbell, R.R., Cherry, Cordoza, Freitas, Runion, Scott, P.AD, Tata, Webert and Williams –––––––––– U Referred to Committee on Education C –––––––––– 1.
1.
D § 9.1-101.
§ 9.1-101.
524 and 542) Definitions.
524 and 542) DefAs used in this chapter or in Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, unless the context requires a different meaning:
As used in this chapter or in Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Administration of criminal justice" means performance of any activity directly involving the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders or the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information.
"Administration of criminal justice" means performance of any activity directly involving the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information.criminal offenders or the collection, "Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
"Conviction data" means information in the custody of any criminal justice agency relating to a judgment of conviction, and the consequences arising therefrom, in any court.
B "Conviction data" means information in the custody of any criminal justice agency relating to a judgment of conviction, and the consequences arising therefrom, in any court.
E "Correctional status information" means records and data concerning each condition of a convicted person's custodial status, including probation, confinement, work release, study release, escape, or termination of custody through expiration of sentence, parole, pardon, or court decision.
"Correctional status information" means records and data concerning each condition of a convicted person's custodial status, including probation, confinement, work release, study release, escape, or termination of custody through expiration of sentence, parole, pardon, or court decision.
"Criminal history record information" means records and data collected by criminal justice aSencies indictments, informations, or other formal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom.
"Criminal history record information" means records and data collected by criminal justice agencies indictments, informations, or other formal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom.
34 "Criminal justice agency" means (i) a court or any other governmental agency or subunit thereof 35 which as its principal function performs the administration of criminal justice and any other agency or 36 subunit thereof which performs criminal justice activities, but only to the extent that it does so;
S "Criminal justice agency" means (i) a court or any other governmental agency or subunit therTof subunit thereof which performs criminal justice activities, but only to the extent that it does so;
(ii) for 37 the purposes of Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, any private corporation or agency which, under Chapter 2 (§ 19.2-12 et seq.) of Title 19.2, provided that (a) such private corporation or agencyted requires its officers or special conservators to meet compulsory training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board and submits reports of compliance with the training standards and (b) the private corporation or agency complies with the provisions of Article 3 (§ 9.1-126 et seq.), but only to the extent that the private corporation or agency so designated as a criminal justice agency performs criminal justice activities;
(ii) for the purposes of Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, any private corporation or agency which, 36 within the context of its criminal justice activities, employs special conservators of the peacT appointed 37 under Chapter 2 (§ 19.2-12 et seq.) of Title 19.2, provided that (a) such private corporation or agency 38 requires its officers or special conservators to meet compulsory training standards established by the 39 Criminal Justice Services Board and submits reports of compliance with the training standards aTd (b) to the extent that the private corporation or agency so designated as a criminal justice agencyEperformsy criminal justice activities;
§ 18.2-271.2.justice agency" includes any program certified by the Commission on VASAP pursuant to "Criminal justice agency" includes the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Criminal justice agency" includes any program certified by the Commission on VASAP pursuant to § 1"Criminal justice agency" includes the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Criminal justice information system" means a system including the equipment, facilities, procedures, agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection, processing, preservation, or dissemination of criminal history record information.
H "Criminal justice information system" means a system including the equipment, facilities, prBcedures, agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection, processing, preservation, or dissemiHation of criminal history record information.
The operations of the system may be performed manually or by using electronic computers or other automated data processing equipment.
The operations of the system may be performed manually or 1y usi"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.pment.
"Dissemination" means any transfer of information, whether orally, in writing, or by electronic HB8 2 of 5 means.
"Dissemination" means any transfer of information, whether orally, in writing, or by electronic means.
"Law-enforcement officer" means any full-time or part-time employee of a police department or sheriff's office which is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or any full-time or part-time employee of a private police department, and who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway laws of the Commonwealth, and shall include any (i) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
"Law-enforcement officer" means any full-time or part-time employee of a police department or sheriff's office which is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision HB8H1 2 of 5 thereof, or any full-time or part-time employee of a private police department, and who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway laws of the Commonwealth, and shall include any (i) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board or a private or religious school for the singular purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of the policies of the school board or the private or religious school, and detaining students violating the law or the policies of the school board or the private or religious school on school property, school buses, or at school-sponsored events and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the assigned of 5 school and carrying out any other duty assigned to him by the local school board.
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board or a private or religious school for the singular purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of the policies of the school board or the private or religious school, and detaining students violating the law or the policies of the school board or the private or religious school on school property, school buses, or at school-sponsored events and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the assigned school and carrying out any other duty assigned to him by the local school board, excluding enforcement of discipline reserved solely and exclusively to school administrators.
"Unapplied criminal history record information" means information pertaining to criminal offInses submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange that cannot be applied to the criminal histoNy or other accepted means of positive identification or (ii) due to an inconsistency, error, or omissions within the content of the submitted information.
"Unapplied criminal history record information" means information pertaining to criminal offenses submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange that cannot be applied to the criminal history of 5 or other accepted means of positive identification or (ii) due to an inconsistency, error, or omissions within the content of the submitted information.
T § 9.1-101.
§ 9.1-101.
524 and 542) DefiRitions.
524 and 542) Definitions.
O "Administration of criminal justice" means performance of any activity directly involving thD detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information.criminal offenders or the colUection, "Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders or the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information.
C "Conviction data" means information in the custody of any criminal justice agency relating tE a judgment of conviction, and the consequences arising therefrom, in any court.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
"Correctional status information" means records and data concerning each condition of a convicted person's custodial status, including probation, confinement, work release, study release, escape, or termination of custody through expiration of sentence, parole, pardon, or court decision.
"Conviction data" means information in the custody of any criminal justice agency relating to a jud"Correctional status information" means records and data concerning each condition of a convicted person's custodial status, including probation, confinement, work release, study release, escape, or termination of custody through expiration of sentence, parole, pardon, or court decision.
on adult individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions,cies indictments, informations, or other formal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom.
H "Criminal history record information" means records and data collected by criminal justice agencies on adult individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, not include juvenile record information which is controlled by Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) Uf Titlell 16.1, criminal justice intelligence information, criminal justice investigative information, or correctional status information.
The term shall not include juvenile record information which is controlled by Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1, criminal justice intelligence information, criminal justice investigative information, or correctional status information.
S "Criminal justice agency" means (i) a court or any other governmental agency or subunit thereof which as its principal function performs the administration of criminal justice and any other aEency or the purposes of Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, any private corporation or agency which,) for within the context of its criminal justice activities, employs special conservators of the peace appointed under Chapter 2 (§ 19.2-12 et seq.) of Title 19.2, provided that (a) such private corporation oS agency requires its officers or special conservators to meet compulsory training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board and submits reports of compliance with the training standards aUd (b) to the extent that the private corporation or agency so designated as a criminal justice agency performsy criminal justice activities;
H "Criminal justice agency" means (i) a court or any other governmental agency or subunit ther8of which as its principal function performs the administration of criminal justice and any other agency or the purposes of Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, any private corporation or agency which,) for within the context of its criminal justice activities, employs special conservators of the peace appointed under Chapter 2 (§ 19.2-12 et seq.) of Title 19.2, provided that (a) such private corporation or agency requires its officers or special conservators to meet compulsory training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board and submits reports of compliance with the training standards and (b) the private corporation or agency complies with the provisions of Article 3 (§ 9.1-126 et seq.), but only to the extent that the private corporation or agency so designated as a criminal justice agency performs otherwise permitted under clause (i) and for the purpose of performing duties required by the Civil activities Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (§ 37.2-900 et seq.).
and (iii) the Office of the Attorney General, for all criminal jusSice activities otherwise permitted under clause (i) and for the purpose of performing duties required by the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (§ 37.2-900 et seq.).
"Criminal justice agency" includes any program certified by the Commission on VASAP pursuant to § 18.2-271.2.
T "Criminal justice agency" includes any program certified by the Commission on VASAP pursuantIto § 1"Criminal justice agency" includes the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Criminal justice agency" includes the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Criminal justice agency" includes the Virginia State Crime Commission.
T "Criminal justice agency" includes the Virginia State Crime Commission.
agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection, processing, preservation, or dissemination of criminal history record information.
U "Criminal justice information system" means a system including the equipment, facilities, prTcedures, agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection, processing, preservation, or dissemination of using electronic computers or other automated data processing equipment.
The operations of the system may be performed manually or by using electronic computers or other automated data processing equipment.
performed manually or Ey "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
sheriff's office which is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or any full-time or part-time employee of a private police department, and who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway laws of the Commonwealth, and shall include any (i) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
sheriff's office which is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or any full-time or part-time employee of a private police department, and who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway Baws of the Commonwealth, and shall include any (i) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage CoHtrol Authority;
(iii) officer of the Virginia Marine Police;
(iii) officer of the V1rginia division of the Department of Wildlife Resources;
(iv) conservation police officer who is a full-time sworn member of the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife Resources;
(v) investigator who is a sworn member of theent security division of the Virginia Lottery;
(v) investigator who is a sworn member of the Recreation commissioned pursuant to § 10.1-115;
(vi) conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioned pursuant to § 10.1-115;
(vii) full-time sworn member of the enforcementrvation and HB8 4 of 5 division of the Department of Motor Vehicles appointed pursuant to § 46.2-217;
(vii) full-time sworn member of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles appointed pursuant to § 46.2-217;
Show all 52 changed rows (12 more)
Previous
Latest
(x) member of the investigations unit designated by the State Inspector General pursuant to § 2.2-311 to investigate allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of a state or nonstate agency;
(x) member of the investigations unit HB8H1 4 of 5 designated by the State Inspector General pursuant to § 2.2-311 to investigate allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of a state or nonstate agency;
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board or a private or religious school for the singular purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of the policies of the school board or the private or religious school, and detaining students violating the law or the policies of the school board or the private or religious school on school property, school buses, or at school-sponsored events and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the assigned school and carrying out any other duty assigned to him by the local school board.
"School security officer" means an individual who is employed by the local school board or a private or religious school for the singular purpose of maintaining order and discipline, preventing crime, investigating violations of the policies of the school board or the private or religious school, and detaining students violating the law or the policies of the school board or the private or religious school on school property, school buses, or at school-sponsored events and who is responsible solely for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors in the assigned school and carrying out any other duty assigned to him by the local school board, excluding enforcement of discipline reserved solely and exclusively to school administrators.
of 5 § 22.1-280.2:1.
§ 22.1-280.2:1.
Local school boards and private or religious schools may employ school security officers, asIdefined school may employ as a school security officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, any veteran who has served a minimum of 10 years as an active duty member in the Armed Forces of the United States, received an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions from such service, and meets the minimum certification and training requirements established by the Department of Criminal JustiRe may carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being, hired by the local school board or private or religious school he (a) was an active law-enforceDent officer as defined in § 9.1-101 in the Commonwealth or (b) was employed by a law-enforcement agency to those of a law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101;
Local school boards and private or religious schools may employ school security officers, as defined of 5 in § 9.1-101, for the purposes set forth therein.
(ii) he retired or resigned from hisy similar position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing;
Such school security officer may carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board or private or religious school he (a) was an active law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 standing;
(iii) he meets the training and qualifications described in subsection C of § 18.2-308.016;
(b) was employed by a law-enforcement agency of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof and his, had duties that were substantially similar to those of a law-enforcement good standing;
(iv) he has provided proof of completion of a traiEing course that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and § 9.1-102, provided that if he received such training from a local law-enforcement agency he received the training in the locality in which he is employed;
or (c) was an active duty member in the Armed Forces of the United States who servedicer in on active duty for at least 10 years and received an honorable discharge from such service;
(v) the local school board or private or religious school solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, ort the transporting a firearm;
(ii) he retired law-enforcement officer, he meets the training and qualifications described in subsection C of of a § 18.2-308.016;
and (vi) the local school board or private or religious school grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties.
(iv) (iii) he has provided proof of completion of a training course that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment to the received such training from a local law-enforcement agency he received the training in the locality in which he is employed;
H 8
(v) (iv) the local school board or private or religious school solicits input from officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm;
and (vi) performance of his duties.
or private or religious school grants him the authority to carry a fUrearm in the S E S U B S T I T U T E H B 1
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 3-N)

  2. Rereferred to Rules

  3. Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)

  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  5. Constitutional reading dispensed

  6. VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)

  7. Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)

  8. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB8H1

  9. Committee substitute agreed to 22104669D-H1

  10. Read second time

  11. Read first time

  12. Impact statement from DPB (HB8H1)

  13. Committee substitute printed 22104669D-H1

  14. Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

  15. House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  16. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)

  17. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  18. Assigned Education sub: K-12

  19. Impact statement from DPB (HB8)

  20. Referred to Committee on Education

  21. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103404D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on · 54 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 136 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 3-N)

Passed 13 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13300
Total 13300
% of votes cast 81%19%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Nay
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Nay
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Nay
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea

Official roll call →

Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)

Passed 9 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9600
Total 9600
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Nay
David R. Suetterlein — Nay
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Nay
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Nay
Newman, Stephen D. — Nay
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Nay

Official roll call →

VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)

Passed 51 Yea · 46 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 514602
Total 514602
% of votes cast 52%46%0%2%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Yea
March, Marie E. — Yea
Taylor, Kim A. — Yea
Adams, Dawn M. — Nay
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Nay
Angelia Williams Graves — Nay
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Nay
Bill Wiley — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Nay
Briana D. Sewell — Nay
Bulova, David L. — Nay
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Nay
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Nay
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Not Voting
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Nay
Danica A. Roem — Nay
David A. Reid — Nay
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Nay
Don Scott — Nay
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — Nay
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Nay
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Nay
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Nay
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — Yea
Hudson, Sally L. — Nay
Irene Shin — Nay
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
Jackie H. Glass — Nay
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jason S. Ballard — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Not Voting
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Nay
Jessica L. Anderson — Yea
Joseph P. McNamara — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Nay
Kathy K.L. Tran — Nay
Keam, Mark L. — Nay
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Nay
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Nay
Luke E. Torian — Nay
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Nay
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Michelle Lopes Maldonado — Nay
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Nay
Mundon King, Candi — Nay
Murphy, Kathleen — Nay
Nadarius E. Clark — Nay
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Nay
Paul E. Krizek — Nay
Phillip A. Scott — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Nay
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Nay
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rodney T. Willett — Nay
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Nay
Scott A. Wyatt — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Nay
Sickles, Mark D. — Nay
Subramanyam, Suhas — Nay
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Nay
Wampler, William C., III — Yea
Wendell S. Walker — Yea
Wren M. Williams — Yea

Official roll call →

Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

Passed 12 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 121000
Total 121000
% of votes cast 55%45%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Yea
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Nay
Briana D. Sewell — Nay
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Nay
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Nay
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Nay
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michelle Lopes Maldonado — Nay
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Nay
Shelly A. Simonds — Nay
Subramanyam, Suhas — Nay
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Yea

Official roll call →

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)

Passed 5 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5301
Total 5301
% of votes cast 56%33%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Not Voting
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michelle Lopes Maldonado — Nay
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Nay
Subramanyam, Suhas — Nay
Tara A. Durant — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety veterans
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does HB 8 do?
School security officers; scope of employment;carrying firearm in performance of duties. Provides that eachschool security officer, in addition to performing each enumeratedduty, is responsible for carrying out any other duty assigned to himby the local school board, excluding enforcement of discipline reservedsolely and exclusively to school administrators. The bill permitsa school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance ofhis duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hiredby the local school board or private or religious school, he was anactive duty member in the Armed Forces of the United States who servedon active duty for at least 10 years and received an honorable dischargefrom such service and (ii) he has provided proof of completion ofthe required training course.
Who sponsors HB 8?
HB 8 is sponsored by Jason S. Ballard, Mike A. Cherry, Chris S. Runion, Phillip A. Scott, Anne Ferrell Tata, Michael J. Webert, Wren M. Williams, Jessica L. Anderson, Freitas, Nicholas J., Cordoza, A.C., Campbell, Ronnie R., and Avoli, G. "John".
What is the current status of HB 8?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 8?
Track HB 8 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 8

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 8

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →