republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1231.md

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Bill	JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.	School boards; eligibility for Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps programs in schools in local school division.Requires each school board to ensure that any Junior Reserve Officers'Training Corps (JROTC) program offered by any branch of the ArmedForces of the United States in any public school in the local schooldivision is open to any student who resides in such school divisionin the attendance zone of such school, receives home instruction or attends a private school, and meets all applicable eligibility requirementsfor participation in such program.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1231	Virginia HB 1231 (2024)	bill		enacted	Geary Higgins	4	32	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5edd2434-a201-4f60-8f10-dcc064584845	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1231	068de9ea80daa9e9f184055256dc133de058ae8a5380aa00a5a6be28cb1dc546	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1231 (2024) — JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.

School boards; eligibility for Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps programs in schools in local school division.Requires each school board to ensure that any Junior Reserve Officers'Training Corps (JROTC) program offered by any branch of the ArmedForces of the United States in any public school in the local schooldivision is open to any student who resides in such school divisionin the attendance zone of such school, receives home instruction or attends a private school, and meets all applicable eligibility requirementsfor participation in such program.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0326 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107359D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1231ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103434D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Geary Higgins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103434D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1231)
• 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107359D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107359D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1231H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1231H1)
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1231ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1231ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5edd2434-a201-4f60-8f10-dcc064584845. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).