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HB713

Higher educational institutions, public; campus safety and emergency preparedness training.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Luke Torian (D)

Session:
2024 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Institutions of higher education; campus safety and emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennial review.

Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student's first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. The bill provides that such training program will focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in any format and include any supplementary materials as the governing board of each such institution deems appropriate. Finally, the bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to each first-year student by the last day of each student's first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100533D
  • 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/19/2024 - House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
  • 02/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB713)
  • 02/04/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/05/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/05/2024 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/05/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107101D-H1
  • 02/06/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB713H1)
  • 02/07/2024 - House: Read first time
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Read second time
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107101D-H1
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB713H1
  • 02/09/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
  • 02/09/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/12/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/16/2024 - Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
  • 02/22/2024 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/26/2024 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/26/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/29/2024 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/29/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB713ER)
  • 02/29/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/03/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/04/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB713ER)
  • 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
  • 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
  • 03/28/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/24)
  • 03/28/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)