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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2287: Guidelines and policies on school-connected overdose; response and parental notification.

In committee 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 2287 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Guidelines and policies on school-connected overdose; response and parental notification. Primary sponsor: Carrie E. Coyner. It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2025): Incorporated by Education (HB2774-Singh) (Voice Vote).

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Official summary

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

Guidelines and policies on school-connected overdose; response and parental notification. Adjusts the contents of the guidelines that the Board of Education is required to establish for school-connected overdose response and parental notification policies by requiring such guidelines to include guidance and model language for the development and implementation of a policy requiring each school board to provide within 24 hours of any school-connected overdose notification to the parent of each student within the local school division and criteria for ensuring sensitivity to the privacy interests of affected individuals in issuing such notification. The bill also requires each school board to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any school-connected overdose within 24 hours of the overdose occurring in accordance with the guidance and criteria provided by the Board of Education.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carrie E. CoynerPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike CherryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
N. Baxter EnnisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
W. Chad GreenCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mark L. Earley, Jr.Co-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ellen McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
David OwenCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kim A. TaylorCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Wendell WalkerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Wren WilliamsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47

“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. Incorporated by Education (HB2774-Singh) (Voice Vote)
  2. Subcommittee recommends incorporating into HB2774-Singh (Voice Vote)
  3. Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Committee on Education
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103388D
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103388D

Sources

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