CHAPTER NUMBER: 547 
File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 740/04 - W&M
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Simmons and King
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Safe Schools Reporting Act of 2005
 
Requiring the State Department of Education to require a county board
of education to report incidents of harassment or intimidation against
students in public schools under the county board's jurisdiction;
requiring the State  Department of Education to create a standard
victim of harassment or intimidation report form; providing for the
contents and distribution of the harassment or intimidation form; etc.
House Action
- 1/31
 - First Reading Ways and Means
 - 2/9
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:30 p.m.
 - 3/21
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/23
 - Motion vote previous question  (Delegate Moe) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (113-21)
 - 4/7
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (109-27)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/24
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/7
 - Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 4/5
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/6
 - Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (16-31)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Greenip) Rejected  (14-31)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Schrader) Rejected  (19-28)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Schrader) Rejected  (19-28)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Hooper) Rejected (15-32)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Hooper) Rejected (14-31)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (31-16)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/26
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 547
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
 - Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISCRIMINATION
 - EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
 - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 - FORMS
 - HARASSMENT
 - PRIVACY
 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 - REPORTS
 - STUDENTS
 - SUNSET
 - VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Education
 - (
 7-421 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 House 
- Number: 845366/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2005      at:
12:49 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 073226/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:38 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 133724/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:42 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 - Number: 173228/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:51 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 533327/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:52 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 633425/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:47 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 793529/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:44 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 893429/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:30 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 953825/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
1:29 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 23, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (113-21)
 - April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (109-27)
 
Senate
- April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Harris) {893429/1 Rejected  (16-31)
 - April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Greenip) {073226/1 Rejected  (14-31)
 - April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Schrader) {793529/1 Rejected  (19-28)
 - April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Schrader) {633425/1 Rejected  (19-28)
 - April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Hooper) {173228/1 Rejected  (15-32)
 - April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Hooper) {533327/1 Rejected  (14-31)
 - April 6, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (31-16)