--- type: "Bill" title: "Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students." description: "Department of Education; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2637." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 1377" citation: "Virginia SB 1377 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"] version_count: 4 action_count: 37 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2025-01-13" last_action: "2025-03-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6727b290-fa19-48b7-a571-33c1cbd178ad" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1377" source_hash: "88c68b4e02cc7ed9f808e1eb5b5b2f37303500a374058ca3ad8d5334df3f0897" 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 1377 (2025) — Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students. Department of Education; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2637. ## 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/1019588.PDF) 2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072450.PDF) 3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035911.PDF) 4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062311.PDF) ## Votes - Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower - Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower - Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103957D `filing, introduction` - **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1377) - **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106500D-S1 `substitution` - **2025-01-31** Rules suspended - **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) - **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day - **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2` - **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived - **2025-02-03** Education and Health Substitute agreed to - **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution` - **2025-02-03** Rules suspended - **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) - **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar - **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1` - **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee` - **2025-02-06** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee` - **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) - **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-02-13** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee` - **2025-02-14** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2` - **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3` - **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1377) - **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1377ER) `passage` - **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1377) - **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage` - **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled` - **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature` - **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6727b290-fa19-48b7-a571-33c1cbd178ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).