republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-163.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; student identification cards, emergency services website.	Public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; contact information of certain emergency services required. Requires each public institution of higher educationthat issues student identification cards to clearly print and conspicuouslylabel on each student identification card, in addition to the "988Suicide and Crisis Lifeline," the contact information of the followingemergency services: (i) the law enforcement, fire department, andemergency medical services serving the geographical area in whichsuch institution is located; (ii) the institution's campus police department and any additional security departments or services andemergency medical services or health departments available on campus;and (iii) the sexual assault crisis center or victim support servicewith which the institution entered into a memorandum of understandingpursuant to relevant law and the National Sexual Assault Hotline.The bill requires each such institution to annually review the requiredcontact information to ensure that it is accurate and current.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 163	Virginia HB 163 (2024)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	4	31	6	2024-01-02	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ac540513-251c-41d5-8970-59a44e449909	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB163	48c5fc5dc8c049000dcdf558355a1cff5e2a0610b0609c046587a0f45e0dcb53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 163 (2024) — Higher educational institutions, public; student identification cards, emergency services website.

Public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; contact information of certain emergency services required. Requires each public institution of higher educationthat issues student identification cards to clearly print and conspicuouslylabel on each student identification card, in addition to the "988Suicide and Crisis Lifeline," the contact information of the followingemergency services: (i) the law enforcement, fire department, andemergency medical services serving the geographical area in whichsuch institution is located; (ii) the institution's campus police department and any additional security departments or services andemergency medical services or health departments available on campus;and (iii) the sexual assault crisis center or victim support servicewith which the institution entered into a memorandum of understandingpursuant to relevant law and the National Sexual Assault Hotline.The bill requires each such institution to annually review the requiredcontact information to ensure that it is accurate and current.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0176 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105873D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB163ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101608D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101608D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB163)
• 2024-01-24 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24105873D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24105873D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB163H1 substitution
• 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-30 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB163H1)
• 2024-02-16 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB163ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB163ER)
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac540513-251c-41d5-8970-59a44e449909. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).