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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions; student-death-related crisis."
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description: "Requires baccalaureate public institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies that ensure that after a student suicide, affected students have access to reasonable medical and behavioral health services, including postvention services. The bill defines postvention services as services designed to facilitate the grieving or adjustment process, stabilize the environment, reduce the risk of negative behaviors, and prevent suicide contagion."
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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: "SB 1430"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1430 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Education", "Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7333cd-4ad9-4b56-84ad-be91ce02cd1a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1430"
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source_hash: "b7e8b6c46dccf29e86ad4a0672fb9e1fa6af0da40ac2557581ed3b2eb1496579"
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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 SB 1430 (2017) — Higher educational institutions; student-death-related crisis.
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Requires baccalaureate public institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies that ensure that after a student suicide, affected students have access to reasonable medical and behavioral health services, including postvention services. The bill defines postvention services as services designed to facilitate the grieving or adjustment process, stabilize the environment, reduce the risk of negative behaviors, and prevent suicide contagion.
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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 (CHAP0691)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0691)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105561D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1430H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1430ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1430ER)
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4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17100788D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1430)
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5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100788D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1430E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 17100788D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1430E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17100788D-E
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 17105561D-H1
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1430H1
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105561D-H1
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (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/8f7333cd-4ad9-4b56-84ad-be91ce02cd1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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