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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher educational institutions; immunity from disciplinary action in certain cases."
+description: "Higher educational institutions; immunity from disciplinary action in certain cases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1870"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1870 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Helmer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc234aba-0a18-465e-bd53-e9798409cf76"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1870"
+source_hash: "74886779c893f4e32cce7eb3a08aab307f8accaf99a3f4405e33abc56fe720f7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1870 (2023) — Higher educational institutions; immunity from disciplinary action in certain cases.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0160)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105038D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1870H1)
+3. **HB1870ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1870ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100656D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1870)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Helmer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100656D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1870)
+- **2023-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105038D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1870H1)
+- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105038D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1870H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1870ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1870ER)
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc234aba-0a18-465e-bd53-e9798409cf76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+