---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required. Requires each coach of an intercollegiate athletics program at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program within one year of the commencement of his duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2420"
citation: "Virginia HB 2420 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc7c30a9-4994-453e-8a45-3a5ab05323ef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2420"
source_hash: "a63d737edac6b44fe73d4dc5fc38643d9a6391804a280953048331d8bb667970"
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 2420 (2025) — Intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required.

Public institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required. Requires each coach of an intercollegiate athletics program at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program within one year of the commencement of his duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016738.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072702.PDF)
3. **Education Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029715.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033533.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061371.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100734D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Education Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25100734D-E
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2420ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc7c30a9-4994-453e-8a45-3a5ab05323ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).