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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2176"
citation: "Virginia HB 2176 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0776fc1-3941-4527-be7c-04bccda9bb21"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2176"
source_hash: "a9e67b2c0a021c33ee2aae4a1590d87a7cea96cb5e6033c36732ae260d619e8b"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0450)
2. **HB2176ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2176ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102247D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2176)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102247D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2176E)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0776fc1-3941-4527-be7c-04bccda9bb21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).