HB1663
Public schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 24, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
Chief Patron:
Michael Jones (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Guidelines, policies, and procedures on the prevention and management of heat illness in student-athletes.
Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to each local school division guidelines on policies and procedures to inform and educate coaches, student-athletes, and the parents of student-athletes about the nature and risk of heat illness and requires each school board to develop and establish policies and procedures ... (More) regarding the prevention and management of heat illness in student-athletes that, among other things, establish guidelines for (i) student-athlete hydration during athletic activities, including administration of electrolytes when indicated; (ii) monitoring heat illness associated with athletic activities, including measures to prevent, identify, and treat heat illness; and (iii) establishing a cooling zone available for each outdoor athletic contest, practice, workout, or conditioning session that includes interventions to rapidly cool internal body temperature when student-athletes exhibit symptoms of exertional heat stroke. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101432D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/10/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/10/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- 01/15/2025 - House: Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)
- 01/15/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/15/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/19/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106885D-S1
- 02/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/24/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
