---
type: "Bill"
title: "School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc."
description: "School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2187"
citation: "Virginia HB 2187 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rasoul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da5eb94-a1d0-43d1-8bfa-f2fbe5ad4282"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2187"
source_hash: "3a5a3a3a39d23a61c3ee99d4ce63868e18d5e79dfac0a7174bc139a34e2ee75f"
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 2187 (2023) — School counselors; required percentage of staff time during school hours, etc.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0347)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106553D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187S1)
3. **HB2187ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102215D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23102215D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2187E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rasoul — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102215D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB2187E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23102215D-E
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187E)
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106553D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187S1)
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106553D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2187S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106553D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- **2023-02-15** VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- **2023-02-17** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-21** Senators: Hashmi, Suetterlein, Lucas
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-21** Delegates: Rasoul, Ransone, Batten
- **2023-02-22** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 6-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 6-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2187ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0da5eb94-a1d0-43d1-8bfa-f2fbe5ad4282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).