republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; non-academic student codes of conduct."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; non-academic student codes of conduct. Requires each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, to adopt non-academic student codes of conduct. The bill mandates that students and student organizations that participate in the non-academic student codes of conduct process as a complainant or respondent shall have the responsibilities and rights afforded to them by the institution's codes of conduct and related policies and procedures. The bill states that the codes of conduct shall describe and define the responsibilities and rights of all enrolled students and student organizations and outline each step in the institution's procedures for responding to and resolving allegations of violations. The bill outlines procedures that the codes of conduct shall include when an accused student or student organization faces the potential sanctions of suspension or expulsion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 104"
citation: "Virginia HB 104 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-12"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4272c96d-948a-4ce5-a865-25a4570b49a0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB104"
source_hash: "4cacf4219c6855be86d342de53b2e28cdca33f5b4950024050ab8c7e98f4e05c"
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 104 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; non-academic student codes of conduct.

Public institutions of higher education; non-academic student codes of conduct. Requires each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, to adopt non-academic student codes of conduct. The bill mandates that students and student organizations that participate in the non-academic student codes of conduct process as a complainant or respondent shall have the responsibilities and rights afforded to them by the institution's codes of conduct and related policies and procedures. The bill states that the codes of conduct shall describe and define the responsibilities and rights of all enrolled students and student organizations and outline each step in the institution's procedures for responding to and resolving allegations of violations. The bill outlines procedures that the codes of conduct shall include when an accused student or student organization faces the potential sanctions of suspension or expulsion.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0473)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB104ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB104ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB104E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB104)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB104E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB104E)

## Votes

- Reported from Education with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101484D `introduction`
- **2019-12-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Reported from Education with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB104E
- **2020-01-30** Printed as engrossed 20101484D-E
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N)
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB104E)
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB104ER)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4272c96d-948a-4ce5-a865-25a4570b49a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).