VirginiaStudent health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide.
What it does
Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; provision of suicide prevention materials required. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education (the Board) and employed by a local school board who in the scope of his employment has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide to, in addition to contacting at least one of such student's parents to provide notice of the student's mental state, provide to the parent materials on suicide prevention that (i) shall include information on the requirements set forth in current law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors and (ii) may include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications. The bill requires any such materials on suicide prevention to be selected in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to applicable law and to include materials that have been pre-approved for such use by the Board.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 525 (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 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2055)
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2055ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 18Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- 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)
- Feb 17Rules suspended
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 3Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 18Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2055)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104233DIntroduced