---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, certain baccalaureate public; on-campus student health centers."
description: "Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; provision of physical evidence recovery kits. Requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to either (i) staff its on-campus student health center with at least one on-campus certified sexual assault forensic examiner for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit to any student who is in need of such a kit or (ii) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local organization or entity that is capable of providing the services of a certified sexual assault forensic examiner for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit to any student who is in need of such a kit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Virginia HB 1342 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43df29ae-afcc-4988-b133-28cb33c52e51"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1342"
source_hash: "1a0a94752cb0045e2e99f5df7d95e345d30fb3368de9d7577363e4e7f97e22c5"
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 1342 (2024) — Higher educational institutions, certain baccalaureate public; on-campus student health centers.

Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; provision of physical evidence recovery kits. Requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to either (i) staff its on-campus student health center with at least one on-campus certified sexual assault forensic examiner for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit to any student who is in need of such a kit or (ii) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local organization or entity that is capable of providing the services of a certified sexual assault forensic examiner for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit to any student who is in need of such a kit.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0554)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107028D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1342H1)
3. **HB1342ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1342ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104491D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1342)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 24104491D `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1342)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107028D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107028D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1342H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1342H1)
- **2024-02-23** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1342ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1342ER)
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43df29ae-afcc-4988-b133-28cb33c52e51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).