---
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).