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| Bill | Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. | Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to survey each local education agency (LEA) in the Commonwealth to determine (i) how public schools governed by such LEA currently grant access to local departments of social services and community services boards and other community-based providers of mental and behavioral health services and (ii) what school-based mental and behavioral health services are made available by such LEA. The bill requires the Department to utilize the results of and feedback from the survey to inform the continued development and improvement of guidelines for school professionals to support students and families by connecting them with community resources that provide mental and behavioral health services. The bill requires the Department to report to the Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025, any findings and recommendations that result from the survey. This bill is identical to SB 768. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1947 | Virginia HB 1947 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1947 (2025) — Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report.
Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to survey each local education agency (LEA) in the Commonwealth to determine (i) how public schools governed by such LEA currently grant access to local departments of social services and community services boards and other community-based providers of mental and behavioral health services and (ii) what school-based mental and behavioral health services are made available by such LEA. The bill requires the Department to utilize the results of and feedback from the survey to inform the continued development and improvement of guidelines for school professionals to support students and families by connecting them with community resources that provide mental and behavioral health services. The bill requires the Department to report to the Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025, any findings and recommendations that result from the survey. This bill is identical to SB 768.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101252D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-18 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1947)
- 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1947ER)
passage - 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1947)
- 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-15 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1ec5501-3521-4213-a5e1-5a625c869ce0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).