VirginiaPublic schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection.
What it does
Public schools; interscholastic sports and athletics; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection; development and implementation. Requires the Board of Education to develop, biennially review and update as necessary, and distribute to each local school division guidelines on policies relating to extreme heat safety and protection for student-athletes. The bill requires each school board to develop and update, in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board of Education, policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection that (i) are consistent with any heat guidelines based on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) levels developed by an organization or entity whose purpose it is to regulate or govern interscholastic athletics programs in the Commonwealth; (ii) establish tiered heat-acclimatization and modification procedures for outdoor athletics practices or games based on the WBGT levels to reduce the risks associated with extreme heat faced by student-athletes; (iii) require student-athletes to be given unhindered access to hydration at all times; (iv) include procedures relating to preventing, recognizing, and addressing heat-related illnesses; and (v) establish a process for reporting and investigating any instance in which a student-athlete experiences a heat-related illness requiring emergency medical treatment or resulting in death.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 1104.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 478 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 19Senate substitute agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N)Major
- Vote recorded Senate substitute agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 18Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- Feb 18Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 18Read third timeMinor
- Feb 17Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 17Rules suspended
- Feb 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25106885D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Feb 6Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 29Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 28Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 24Read first timeMinor
- Jan 22Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 15Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and rereferred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 15Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)Minor
- Jan 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1663)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- Jan 10Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101432DIntroduced