Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 415 — School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools.

Last action — Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (4-Y 11-N)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 boards; school resource officers; employment;threat assessment. Requires each school board to enter into acollaborative agreement with the local law-enforcement agency toemploy at least one school resource officer in each public elementaryand secondary school in the local school division. The bill providesthat no school board shall be granted any full or partial waiverfrom such staffing requirements and that no school board that failsto fully comply with such staffing requirements is eligible for anygrant or waiver from the Commonwealth, Board of Education, or Departmentof Education. The bill also requires each division superintendentto include on the threat assessment team established for each publicelementary and secondary school in the local school division at leastone school resource officer employed in the school.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (4-Y 11-N)

  2. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  3. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  4. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB415)

  5. Impact statement from DPB (SB415)

  6. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104064D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (143)

143 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (4-Y 11-N)

Failed 4 Yea · 11 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 41100
Total 41100
% of votes cast 27%73%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Nay
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Nay
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Nay
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Nay
Howell, Janet D. — Nay
L. Louise Lucas — Nay
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Nay
Mamie E. Locke — Nay
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Nay
Saslaw, Richard L. — Nay
Todd E. Pillion — Nay

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Subjects

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 415 do?
School boards; school resource officers; employment;threat assessment. Requires each school board to enter into acollaborative agreement with the local law-enforcement agency toemploy at least one school resource officer in each public elementaryand secondary school in the local school division. The bill providesthat no school board shall be granted any full or partial waiverfrom such staffing requirements and that no school board that failsto fully comply with such staffing requirements is eligible for anygrant or waiver from the Commonwealth, Board of Education, or Departmentof Education. The bill also requires each division superintendentto include on the threat assessment team established for each publicelementary and secondary school in the local school division at leastone school resource officer employed in the school.
Who sponsors SB 415?
SB 415 is sponsored by Bill DeSteph, Timothy V. Anderson, Ruff, Frank M., Jr., Cosgrove, John A., Jr., and Chase, Amanda F..
What is the current status of SB 415?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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 SB 415?
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