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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1924: School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1924 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals. Primary sponsor: Jeion Ward (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals; certain criminal convictions. Prohibits each school board from employing or contracting for the services of any individual who has been convicted of any felony crime of violence as defined in the bill or any offense involving a child. Current law prohibits each school board from employing or contracting for the services of any individual who has been convicted of any violent felony set forth in a certain statutory definition of "barrier crime" or any offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, or the solicitation of any such offense.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeion WardPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jackie GlassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642)
  2. Enacted, Chapter 642 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Signed by President as reenrolled
  4. Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  5. Reenrolled bill text (HB1924ER2)
  6. Reenrolled
  7. Governor's recommendation adopted
  8. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  9. House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 2-N)
  10. Governor's substitute printed (HB1924H2)
  11. Governor's recommendation received by House
  12. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source