republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-325.md

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Bill	Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training.	Department of Fire Programs; mental health awareness training. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall develop a standardized, two-hour virtual asynchronous training program on mental health awareness tailored to firefighters that includes training on each subject matter set forth in current law. The bill provides the option for each fire department to use such standardized training program as guidance in developing its own mental health awareness training for its personnel. This bill is identical to SB 140.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 325	Virginia HB 325 (2026)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	4	36	10	2026-01-11	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/29945c29-0180-44e6-9ff2-bc30f3fedc19	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB325	1d6127073d53152bc001b738650edfabf63080e805d7cbea7b0770f448d3d523	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 325 (2026) — Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training.

Department of Fire Programs; mental health awareness training. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall develop a standardized, two-hour virtual asynchronous training program on mental health awareness tailored to firefighters that includes training on each subject matter set forth in current law. The bill provides the option for each fire department to use such standardized training program as guidance in developing its own mental health awareness training for its personnel. This bill is identical to SB 140.

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. General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 90–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102356D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-11 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
• 2026-01-16 Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-23 Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-30 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108088D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB325ER) passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29945c29-0180-44e6-9ff2-bc30f3fedc19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).