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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health."
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description: "Requires each resident assistant in a student housing facility at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program prior to the commencement of his duties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1911"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1911 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph R. Yost"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b69606-66ae-48a5-8091-5426879dc45d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1911"
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source_hash: "eba00826a1851f7bb7cb2da2fdb561539f3e52d5a1e940bd93cd0ffeabc7ac59"
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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 1911 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health.
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Requires each resident assistant in a student housing facility at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program prior to the commencement of his duties.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0296)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1911ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1911ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101481D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1911)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101481D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1911E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with amendment — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- VOTE: ADOPTION — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph R. Yost — primary (person)
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- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101481D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1911E
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- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17101481D-E
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/80b69606-66ae-48a5-8091-5426879dc45d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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