republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-873.md

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Bill	Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc.	Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement officer to receive, either in-person or online, the school safety training for public school personnel conducted by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety in accordance with relevant law and requires such officer to serve as the law-enforcement liaison for the school administrator in such a school who has also received such training as prescribed by relevant law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 873	Virginia HB 873 (2022)	bill		enacted	Karen S. Greenhalgh	6	55	12	2022-01-12	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1458aaba-090e-4738-90de-9a2a71a6084f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB873	f794f2899385a19a8ec9e1817efed573d059c98d24f5ee45d95128d16f6cfa9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 873 (2022) — Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc.

Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement officer to receive, either in-person or online, the school safety training for public school personnel conducted by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety in accordance with relevant law and requires such officer to serve as the law-enforcement liaison for the school administrator in such a school who has also received such training as prescribed by relevant law.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0769 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106167D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106977D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB873ER (committee substitute) — source
5. HB873ER2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104063D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 17-N) — 79–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — 51–48 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 32-N) — 67–32 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen S. Greenhalgh — primary (person)
• A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
• Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
• C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
• Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104063D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB873)
• 2022-02-03 Assigned Education sub: K-12 referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106167D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB873H1)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106167D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-03 Committee substitute printed 22106977D-S1 substitution
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB873S1)
• 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-03-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22106977D-S1
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB873S1
• 2022-03-08 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106977D-S1 (80-Y 17-N)
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 17-N)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB873ER)
• 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 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 32-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 32-N)
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (32-Y 8-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB873ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 769 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1458aaba-090e-4738-90de-9a2a71a6084f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).