Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

6.9 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students. Department of Education; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1377. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2637 Virginia HB 2637 (2025)
bill
enacted
Destiny LeVere Bolling
5 36 9 2025-01-13 2025-03-21 openstates ocd-bill/92fe9442-04b4-42b7-954d-f6a7f2561b3b https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2637 67a4ebf863de6a3f9c0145ee8ecab1e0f119b8d7ca41e4f9b59b1fc2732a48f6 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia HB 2637 (2025) — Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students.

Department of Education; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1377.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 25104935D introduction
  • 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2637)
  • 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 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
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 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 with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107250D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-18 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2637)
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2637ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2637)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92fe9442-04b4-42b7-954d-f6a7f2561b3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).