---
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: "HB 1916"
citation: "Virginia HB 1916 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batten"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d97802-ce52-4ef5-a14b-c573d0edd898"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1916"
source_hash: "d710b470826178694d39c1cfdbe367fb10cebe4e1ace8988e7e1edd596246d0d"
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 1916 (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. **CHAP0226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0226)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105030D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1916H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106551D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1916S1)
4. **HB1916ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1916ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104144D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1916)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Batten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104144D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Referred from Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **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 23105030D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105030D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1916H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 23106551D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1916S1)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106551D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1916S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106551D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1916ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1916ER)
- **2023-02-21** 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 226 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d97802-ce52-4ef5-a14b-c573d0edd898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).