School meals; adoption of policies. (HB697)

Introduced By

Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas) with support from 13 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Sen. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Ashburn)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

School meal policies. Requires each local school board to adopt policies that prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal after it has been served to him. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/06/2020Committee
01/06/2020Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100887D
01/06/2020Referred to Committee on Education
01/13/2020Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
01/16/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB697)
01/29/2020Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
02/03/2020Reported from Education (17-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2020Read first time
02/06/2020Read second time and engrossed
02/07/2020Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N)
02/07/2020VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020Constitutional reading dispensed
02/10/2020Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/18/2020Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/27/2020Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2020Read third time
03/02/2020Passed by for the day
03/03/2020Read third time
03/03/2020Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2020Enrolled
03/06/2020Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB697ER)
03/06/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB697ER)
03/06/2020Signed by Speaker
03/06/2020Signed by President
03/12/2020Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
03/12/2020G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
03/27/2020G Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/20)
03/27/2020G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)