republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2384.md

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Bill	Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.	Requires each school board to (i) develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use and distribution of tobacco products and nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity and (ii) include in its code of student conduct a prohibition against possessing tobacco products or nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity. Current law only places these requirements on each school board with regard to electronic cigarettes. The bill requires such policy to include adequate provisions for enforcement among students, employees, and visitors, including the enumeration of possible sanctions or disciplinary action consistent with state or federal law, and referrals to resources to help staff and students overcome tobacco addiction. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2384	Virginia HB 2384 (2019)	bill	Education Tobacco and Tobacco Products	enacted	Patrick A. Hope	5	20	6	2019-01-08	2019-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/92bfa516-adc6-4bb0-b005-b3168432a554	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2384	2d05aaeace788b91bb344cd3e2fbb0fa73609f8c4cf7e874f4c9de0645914870	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2384 (2019) — Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.

Requires each school board to (i) develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use and distribution of tobacco products and nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity and (ii) include in its code of student conduct a prohibition against possessing tobacco products or nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity. Current law only places these requirements on each school board with regard to electronic cigarettes. The bill requires such policy to include adequate provisions for enforcement among students, employees, and visitors, including the enumeration of possible sanctions or disciplinary action consistent with state or federal law, and referrals to resources to help staff and students overcome tobacco addiction. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2384ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102388D (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Printed as engrossed 19102388D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 83–15 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
• Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102388D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-01 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to amendment-passage
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2384E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19102388D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92bfa516-adc6-4bb0-b005-b3168432a554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).