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| Bill | Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide. | Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; provision of suicide prevention materials required. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education (the Board) and employed by a local school board who in the scope of his employment has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide to, in addition to contacting at least one of such student's parents to provide notice of the student's mental state, provide to the parent materials on suicide prevention that (i) shall include information on the requirements set forth in current law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors and (ii) may include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications. The bill requires any such materials on suicide prevention to be selected in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to applicable law and to include materials that have been pre-approved for such use by the Board. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2055 | Virginia HB 2055 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2055 (2025) — Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide.
Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; provision of suicide prevention materials required. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education (the Board) and employed by a local school board who in the scope of his employment has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide to, in addition to contacting at least one of such student's parents to provide notice of the student's mental state, provide to the parent materials on suicide prevention that (i) shall include information on the requirements set forth in current law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors and (ii) may include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications. The bill requires any such materials on suicide prevention to be selected in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to applicable law and to include materials that have been pre-approved for such use by the Board.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104233D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2055)
- 2025-01-18 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2055ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2055)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/674754f5-ab0a-4d51-a5b0-90099158bea2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).