republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1891.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annual safety and disaster awareness training; DHRM, et al., to develop an online training module."
description: "Department of Human Resource Management; duties of the Department; annual safety and disaster awareness training. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or his designee, to develop an online training module addressing safety and disaster awareness, including information on public health safety. The bill also requires that all state employees complete the training annually. The bill requires such training to be incorporated into existing mandatory training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1891"
citation: "Virginia HB 1891 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hala S. Ayala"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56058fdf-7cbf-4e62-b221-45311e085acc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1891"
source_hash: "f6b5eecd8f30df8267d63c509a82ce165c2aab25b4e975c12300fb3f2d71bb5d"
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 1891 (2021) — Annual safety and disaster awareness training; DHRM, et al., to develop an online training module.

Department of Human Resource Management; duties of the Department; annual safety and disaster awareness training. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or his designee, to develop an online training module addressing safety and disaster awareness, including information on public health safety. The bill also requires that all state employees complete the training annually. The bill requires such training to be incorporated into existing mandatory training.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0004** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0004)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103471D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1891H1)
3. **HB1891ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1891ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100789D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1891)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100789D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1891)
- **2021-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-26** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute printed 21103471D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103471D-H1
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1891H1
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1891H1)
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1891ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56058fdf-7cbf-4e62-b221-45311e085acc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).