republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2176.md

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Bill	School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions.	School board policies; abusive work environments; definitions. Defines, for the purposes of mandatory school board policies relating to abusive work environments, the terms "abusive conduct," "abusive work environment," "physical harm," and "psychological harm." The bill clarifies that the requirement to adopt such policies shall not be construed to limit a school board's authority to adopt policies to prohibit any other type of workplace conduct as the school board deems necessary.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2176	Virginia HB 2176 (2021)	bill		enacted	Luke E. Torian	4	31	7	2021-01-12	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a0776fc1-3941-4527-be7c-04bccda9bb21	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2176	a9e67b2c0a021c33ee2aae4a1590d87a7cea96cb5e6033c36732ae260d619e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2176 (2021) — School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions.

School board policies; abusive work environments; definitions. Defines, for the purposes of mandatory school board policies relating to abusive work environments, the terms "abusive conduct," "abusive work environment," "physical harm," and "psychological harm." The bill clarifies that the requirement to adopt such policies shall not be construed to limit a school board's authority to adopt policies to prohibit any other type of workplace conduct as the school board deems necessary.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0450 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2176ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102247D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21102247D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N) — 23–15 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102247D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2176)
• 2021-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2021-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2176E
• 2021-02-01 Printed as engrossed 21102247D-E
• 2021-02-02 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-02 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB2176E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2176ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0776fc1-3941-4527-be7c-04bccda9bb21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).