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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines, policies, and procedures shall be biennially updated."
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description: "Requires (i) the Board of Education to collaborate with various stakeholders to biennially update its guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches, student-athletes, and student-athletes' parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions, criteria for removal from and return to play, risks of not reporting the injury and continuing to play, and the effects of concussions on student-athletes' academic performance and (ii) each local school division to biennially update its policies and procedures regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1930"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1930 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-05"
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last_action: "2019-02-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b9f485-1102-4d1c-94a0-6ef79d39c10a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1930"
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source_hash: "712fe362783e20c5d640389c17dc8b862d8cab246287d5d3bb8f57c8b6e2043c"
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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 1930 (2019) — Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines, policies, and procedures shall be biennially updated.
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Requires (i) the Board of Education to collaborate with various stakeholders to biennially update its guidelines on policies to inform and educate coaches, student-athletes, and student-athletes' parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions, criteria for removal from and return to play, risks of not reporting the injury and continuing to play, and the effects of concussions on student-athletes' academic performance and (ii) each local school division to biennially update its policies and procedures regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes.
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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 (CHAP0142)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0142)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1930AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1930)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1930ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1930ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102703D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1930)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102703D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1930E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102703D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB1930E
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- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19102703D-E
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
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- **2019-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/19) `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/a1b9f485-1102-4d1c-94a0-6ef79d39c10a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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