republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-980.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher ed. institutions; students who report acts of hazing or bullying, referral for support."
description: "Institutions of higher education; students who report act of hazing or bullying experienced as result of report of act of hazing; on-campus mental and behavioral health support. Requires each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education to provide information about on-campus individuals or entities that are qualified to provide the appropriate ongoing mental and behavioral health support to any student who reports to the institution an act of hazing or an act of bullying experienced as the result of a report of an act of hazing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 980"
citation: "Virginia HB 980 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa093ce-a884-4f1e-a4a4-d20a4b933ccc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB980"
source_hash: "ffacb38461541803f3c1b2a5cc2d0d8dedfedeace93b57a9ce667a18da65b23e"
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 980 (2024) — Higher ed. institutions; students who report acts of hazing or bullying, referral for support.

Institutions of higher education; students who report act of hazing or bullying experienced as result of report of act of hazing; on-campus mental and behavioral health support. Requires each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education to provide information about on-campus individuals or entities that are qualified to provide the appropriate ongoing mental and behavioral health support to any student who reports to the institution an act of hazing or an act of bullying experienced as the result of a report of an act of hazing.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0405)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106343D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB980H1)
3. **HB980ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB980ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101461D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB980)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101461D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB980)
- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106343D-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 24106343D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB980H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB980H1)
- **2024-02-23** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-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 Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB980ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa093ce-a884-4f1e-a4a4-d20a4b933ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).