republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1430.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; crisis and emergency management plan, annual exercise.	Requires each public institution of higher education to annually conduct a test or exercise in accordance with the protocols established by the institution's crisis and emergency management plan and certify in writing to the Department of Emergency Management that such a test or exercise was conducted. Under current law, each such institution is required to annually conduct a functional exercise in accordance with the protocols of such plan. The bill declares that the activation of its crisis and emergency management plan and completion of an after-action report by a public institution of higher education in response to an actual event or incident satisfies the requirement to conduct such a test or exercise. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1430	Virginia HB 1430 (2018)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	3	17	6	2018-01-16	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/5a0b755b-1341-4d9e-81d6-9bfa13f10ad6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1430	3d72738e95de9093019c4f23e086824b6026bfe5d4d7d8b0c34f00380b5643e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1430 (2018) — Higher educational institutions, public; crisis and emergency management plan, annual exercise.

Requires each public institution of higher education to annually conduct a test or exercise in accordance with the protocols established by the institution's crisis and emergency management plan and certify in writing to the Department of Emergency Management that such a test or exercise was conducted. Under current law, each such institution is required to annually conduct a functional exercise in accordance with the protocols of such plan. The bill declares that the activation of its crisis and emergency management plan and completion of an after-action report by a public institution of higher education in response to an actual event or incident satisfies the requirement to conduct such a test or exercise. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1430ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105549D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 18104817D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 18104817D introduction
• 2018-01-16 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 18105549D-H1
• 2018-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1430H1
• 2018-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a0b755b-1341-4d9e-81d6-9bfa13f10ad6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).