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type: "Bill"
title: "VMI; removes certain authority, disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports; Virginia Military Institute. Removes the authority granted to Virginia Military Institute to include in its sexual violence policy, code, rules, or set of standards a provision stipulating that in the event that a cadet discloses personal consumption of drugs or alcohol in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of sexual violence and the superintendent of Virginia Military Institute determines that such cadet's personal consumption of drugs or alcohol constitutes a threat to the cadet's well-being or the well-being of others, the superintendent may require such cadet to attend drug or substance use disorder counseling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Virginia HB 22 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-22"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba470103-d298-44fe-93fb-c9d03a28cafb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB22"
source_hash: "ed612630c792f6e0812e9ba779b602fa00fdc615fcbb9e8bb14cd678a891384e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 22 (2026) — VMI; removes certain authority, disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports.
Public institutions of higher education; disciplinary immunity for certain individuals who make reports; Virginia Military Institute. Removes the authority granted to Virginia Military Institute to include in its sexual violence policy, code, rules, or set of standards a provision stipulating that in the event that a cadet discloses personal consumption of drugs or alcohol in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of sexual violence and the superintendent of Virginia Military Institute determines that such cadet's personal consumption of drugs or alcohol constitutes a threat to the cadet's well-being or the well-being of others, the superintendent may require such cadet to attend drug or substance use disorder counseling.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081999.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218683.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208749.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **943** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100347D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB22)
- **2026-01-30** Assigned HED sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB22ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB22)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 547 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba470103-d298-44fe-93fb-c9d03a28cafb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).