2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1017: School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt.

Legislative Summary

School boards; powers and duties; school meal policies; payment of school meal debt. Requires each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance, resulting from uncollectable school meal debts on any student account, on the nonprofit school food service account for each public elementary or secondary school in the school division using any appropriated nonfederal funds, except that each school board is prohibited from requiring any public elementary or secondary school in the school division from paying for or providing any funds to pay for such school's unpaid school meal balance. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill in order to pay these unpaid balances at the end of each school year.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101833D
Senate
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
1/16/2025
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Senate
1/20/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1017)
Senate
1/23/2025
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/24/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/27/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/27/2025
Engrossed by Senate
Senate
1/28/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
Senate
2/3/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Education Amendments agreed to
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Engrossed by House as amended
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Passed House with amendments (58-Y 39-N)
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
House Amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 4-N)
Senate
3/7/2025
Enrolled
Senate
3/7/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1017ER)
Senate
3/7/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1017)
Senate
3/7/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/11/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Senate
3/11/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Vetoed by Governor
4/2/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
4/2/2025
Senate sustained Governor's veto
Senate

Amendments

Education Amendment

Education Amendment

Not Adopted

Education Amendment

Education Amendment

Not Adopted

House Amendments

House Amendments

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Passed House with amendments (58-Y 39-N)
2/20/2025
58
Yea
39
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 4-N)
2/20/2025
35
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
2/17/2025
13
Yea
9
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
2/11/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
1/28/2025
35
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
1/24/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)
1/23/2025
13
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Vetoed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Danica Roem
Danica Roem
Democrat

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/20254.7 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/20255.8 KB
Misc
Misc3/24/20250.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/7/2025102.2 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/2025101.8 KB