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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 797: VA School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police.

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

SB 797 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on December 28, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: VA School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police. Primary sponsor: Chris Head (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Finance and Appropriations.

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.

Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; authority to establish campus police department. Permits the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to establish a campus police department, in compliance with the provisions of law relating to campus police departments established by institutions of higher education, and to employ campus police officers therein.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris HeadPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3

“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. Left in Finance and Appropriations
  2. Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB797)
  5. Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103096D

Sources

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