---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment teams, powers and duties."
description: "Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment teams, powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 910"
citation: "Virginia SB 910 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35000510-2ae5-4b52-a2ed-31de4d45ad18"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB910"
source_hash: "48f4510070f716a947a2a5e7dab4751455f3a89fdb8e0f11f53eb9a3033839dd"
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 SB 910 (2023) — Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment teams, powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0227)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105052D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB910S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103510D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB910)
4. **SB910ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB910ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103510D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23105052D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105052D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB910S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB910S1)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB910ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB910ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)
- **2023-07-12** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35000510-2ae5-4b52-a2ed-31de4d45ad18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).