republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program."
description: "School boards; eligibility for Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps programs in schools in local school division.Requires each school board to ensure that any Junior Reserve Officers'Training Corps (JROTC) program offered by any branch of the ArmedForces of the United States in any public school in the local schooldivision is open to any student who resides in such school divisionin the attendance zone of such school, receives home instruction or attends a private school, and meets all applicable eligibility requirementsfor participation in such program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "Virginia HB 1231 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geary Higgins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edd2434-a201-4f60-8f10-dcc064584845"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1231"
source_hash: "068de9ea80daa9e9f184055256dc133de058ae8a5380aa00a5a6be28cb1dc546"
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 1231 (2024) — JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.

School boards; eligibility for Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps programs in schools in local school division.Requires each school board to ensure that any Junior Reserve Officers'Training Corps (JROTC) program offered by any branch of the ArmedForces of the United States in any public school in the local schooldivision is open to any student who resides in such school divisionin the attendance zone of such school, receives home instruction or attends a private school, and meets all applicable eligibility requirementsfor participation in such program.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0326)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107359D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1231H1)
3. **HB1231ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1231ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103434D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1231)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geary Higgins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103434D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1231)
- **2024-02-01** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107359D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107359D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1231H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1231H1)
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1231ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1231ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5edd2434-a201-4f60-8f10-dcc064584845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).