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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 325"
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citation: "Virginia HB 325 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-11"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29945c29-0180-44e6-9ff2-bc30f3fedc19"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB325"
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source_hash: "1d6127073d53152bc001b738650edfabf63080e805d7cbea7b0770f448d3d523"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 325 (2026) — Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083857.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216411.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169808.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197833.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **90–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **95–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102356D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-11** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-23** Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108088D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB325ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB325)
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29945c29-0180-44e6-9ff2-bc30f3fedc19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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