Legislation - HB0812

Title: Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline
Sponsored by: Delegates Tomlinson, Alston, Amprey, Bouchat, Fair, Hornberger, A. Johnson, Kaufman, Spiegel, and Taveras
Status: In the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student under certain circumstances; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1132 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/04/2026 Legislative Date 2/04/2026 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/04/2026	2/04/2026	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline

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