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Bill	Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.	Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies. Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires student organizations officially recognized by an institution of higher education structured in such a way that upon invitation for membership, individuals do not automatically become members of such organization and have a period of time between invitation for membership and being initiated into membership, to have an advisor present at all official events where new members and members of the student organization hosting the event are invited or are instructed to attend, except that such advisors may be asked to leave the room during ceremonies, rituals, or other such events that are only permitted to be attended by the new members and members. Such advisors shall provide extensive, current, and in-person education and information on hazing to all members and new members of such organizations. The bill requires the governing board of each institution to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on hazing or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of hazing in advance of or during an incident of hazing that causes injury to a person. Beginning with the 2022–2023 academic year, the bill requires each institution to maintain and publicly report actual findings of violations of the institution's code of conduct or of federal or state laws pertaining to hazing that are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement. This bill shall be known as Adam's Law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 525	Virginia HB 525 (2022)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	6	46	10	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6b294fdc-55ff-4c8f-b558-26b83183553b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB525	4d547aa9635a8ae042c28d120dddcff5cc77958b16cef43fbd6361678d63e3e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 525 (2022) — Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.

Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies. Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires student organizations officially recognized by an institution of higher education structured in such a way that upon invitation for membership, individuals do not automatically become members of such organization and have a period of time between invitation for membership and being initiated into membership, to have an advisor present at all official events where new members and members of the student organization hosting the event are invited or are instructed to attend, except that such advisors may be asked to leave the room during ceremonies, rituals, or other such events that are only permitted to be attended by the new members and members. Such advisors shall provide extensive, current, and in-person education and information on hazing to all members and new members of such organizations. The bill requires the governing board of each institution to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on hazing or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of hazing in advance of or during an incident of hazing that causes injury to a person. Beginning with the 2022–2023 academic year, the bill requires each institution to maintain and publicly report actual findings of violations of the institution's code of conduct or of federal or state laws pertaining to hazing that are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement. This bill shall be known as Adam's Law.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0693 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106164D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106203D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee substitute printed 22106889D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB525ER (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103974D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate receded from substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 95-N) — 0–94 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Karen S. Greenhalgh — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103974D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22106164D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106203D-H2 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee on Education substitute rejected 22106164D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 22106203D-H2
• 2022-02-14 Amendment by Delegate Helmer rejected amendment-failure
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB525H2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22106889D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22106889D-S1
• 2022-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB525S1
• 2022-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-02 Senate substitute rejected by House 22106889D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
• 2022-03-02 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 95-N)
• 2022-03-04 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-07 Senate receded from substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB525ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b294fdc-55ff-4c8f-b558-26b83183553b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).