SB1240
School-connected student overdoses; policies relating to parental notification, guidelines.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 24, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
Chief Patron:
Glen Sturtevant (R)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. School-connected
overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements. Expands current law relating to school-connected overdose parental notification and response policies by, in addition to requiring the Board of Education to establish guidelines for school-connected overdose response and parental notification policies, requiring (i) each division superintendent or his designee ... (More) to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any suspected school-connected overdose, with school-connected overdose defined as any verified overdose that occurs on school premises during or after regular school hours or during school-sanctioned activities whether on or off school premises, within 24 hours of learning of the suspected overdose and requiring such notification to include as much information as is available on (a) the cause of the suspected overdose, (b) where the suspected overdose occurred and, if it occurred on school premises, the name of the school at which it occurred, and (c) the immediate response to the suspected overdose by any emergency responders and employees of the local school board, and (ii) each local school board to adopt, implement, and maintain policies consistent with the provisions of the bill and the guidelines developed by the Board of Education. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104256D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1240)
- 01/20/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105815D-S1
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1240)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/14/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/17/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25107407D-H1
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1240)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/20/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/20/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/20/2025 - House: House requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Singh, Rasoul, Bloxom
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Sturtevant
- 02/22/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 25108048D-S2
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1240)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1240ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1240)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: 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 583 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/24/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
