Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 583 — Public elementary and secondary school students; ability to pay for meals and school meal debt.

Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/22)

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on April 11, 2022.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Public elementary and secondary school students;ability to pay for meals and school meal debt; extracurricular schoolactivities. Requires each school board to adopt policies thatprohibit the school board or any school board employee from denyinga student the opportunity to participate in any extracurricular schoolactivity because the student cannot pay for a meal at school or owesa school meal debt.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

24 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia clarify school meal policies for students. Changes include eliminating restrictions on requiring students to perform chores or wear identifying wristbands when they owe meal debts. It also emphasizes that communication about meal debt should be directed to the student's parent and not to the student directly. These adjustments are intended to ensure that students can receive meals without stigma or additional burdens related to their ability to pay.

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SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER E An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public elementary and activities.chool students;
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER 686 An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public elementary and secondary school students;
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[H 583] Approved April 11, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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Prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal after it has been served to him, do chores or other work to pay for such meals, or wear a wristband or hand stamp;
Each local school board shall adopt policies that:
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Require school board employees to direct any communication relating to a school meal debt to the parent to be sent home with the student;
Prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal after it has been served to him, do cho2.
andh communication to be made by a letter addressed toHthe 3.
Require school board employees to direct any communication relating to a school meal debt to the student's parent.
Such policy may permit such communication to be made by a letter addressed to the parent to be sent home with the student;
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Prohibit the school board or any school board employee from denying a student the opportuEity or owes a school meal debt.curricular school activity because the student cannot pay for a meal at school B.
Prohibit the school board or any school board employee from denying a student the opportunity to participate in any extracurricular school activity because the student cannot pay for a meal at school or owes a school meal debt.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/22)

  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022

  3. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022

  4. Signed by President

  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB583ER)

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Enrolled

  8. Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

  9. Read third time

  10. Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

  11. Passed by for the day

  12. Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  13. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  14. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed

  16. VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N)

  17. Read third time and passed House (75-Y 25-N)

  18. Read second time and engrossed

  19. Read first time

  20. Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)

  21. Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

  22. Assigned Education sub: K-12

  23. Impact statement from DPB (HB583)

  24. Referred to Committee on Education

  25. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101050D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 23 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Not Voting
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38002
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Not Voting
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Not Voting
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
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 — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea

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VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N)

Passed 75 Yea · 24 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 752400
Total 752400
% of votes cast 76%24%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Yea
March, Marie E. — Nay
Adams, Dawn M. — Yea
Adams, Les R. — Nay
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Nay
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bill Wiley — Nay
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Briana D. Sewell — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Nay
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Nay
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Nay
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Don Scott — Yea
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Yea
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Nay
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Nay
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — Yea
Hudson, Sally L. — Yea
Irene Shin — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
Jackie H. Glass — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jason S. Ballard — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Jessica L. Anderson — Nay
Joseph P. McNamara — Nay
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Nay
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Maldonado, Michelle Lopes — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Nay
Michael J. Webert — Nay
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Murphy, Kathleen — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Phillip A. Scott — Nay
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Nay
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Nay
Rodney T. Willett — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Scott A. Wyatt — Nay
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Taylor, Kim A. — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Nay
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Nay
Tony O. Wilt — Nay
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Nay
Wendell S. Walker — Nay
Wren M. Williams — Nay

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Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)

Passed 17 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17500
Total 17500
% of votes cast 77%23%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. — Nay
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Briana D. Sewell — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Nay
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Nay
McGuire, John J., III — Nay
Michelle Lopes Maldonado — Yea
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Nay

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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%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 — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 583 do?
Public elementary and secondary school students;ability to pay for meals and school meal debt; extracurricular schoolactivities. Requires each school board to adopt policies thatprohibit the school board or any school board employee from denyinga student the opportunity to participate in any extracurricular schoolactivity because the student cannot pay for a meal at school or owesa school meal debt.
Who sponsors HB 583?
HB 583 is sponsored by Danica A. Roem.
What is the current status of HB 583?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.
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