republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2384.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products."
description: "Requires each school board to (i) develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use and distribution of tobacco products and nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity and (ii) include in its code of student conduct a prohibition against possessing tobacco products or nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity. Current law only places these requirements on each school board with regard to electronic cigarettes. The bill requires such policy to include adequate provisions for enforcement among students, employees, and visitors, including the enumeration of possible sanctions or disciplinary action consistent with state or federal law, and referrals to resources to help staff and students overcome tobacco addiction. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2384"
citation: "Virginia HB 2384 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Tobacco and Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92bfa516-adc6-4bb0-b005-b3168432a554"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2384"
source_hash: "2d05aaeace788b91bb344cd3e2fbb0fa73609f8c4cf7e874f4c9de0645914870"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2384 (2019) — Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.

Requires each school board to (i) develop and implement a policy to prohibit the use and distribution of tobacco products and nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity and (ii) include in its code of student conduct a prohibition against possessing tobacco products or nicotine vapor products on a school bus, on school property, or at an on-site or off-site school-sponsored activity. Current law only places these requirements on each school board with regard to electronic cigarettes. The bill requires such policy to include adequate provisions for enforcement among students, employees, and visitors, including the enumeration of possible sanctions or disciplinary action consistent with state or federal law, and referrals to resources to help staff and students overcome tobacco addiction. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0246)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2384AH)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2384ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2384ER)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102388D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2384)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102388D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2384E)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102388D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-01** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2384E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19102388D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92bfa516-adc6-4bb0-b005-b3168432a554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).