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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tort actions; immunity of persons based on statements made at a Title IX hearing."
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description: "Immunity of persons for tort actions based on statements made at certain hearings. Adds to the tort actions for which an individual shall be immune pursuant to applicable law any tort action based solely on a statement made at a Title IX hearing before the applicable tribunal of an institution of higher education. Current law provides that an individual shall be immune for any tort action based solely on statements made at a public hearing before, or otherwise communicated to, the governing body of any locality or other political subdivision, or the boards, commissions, agencies, and authorities thereof, and other governing bodies of any local governmental entity concerning matters properly before such body."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1888"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1888 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3affcb4-4b76-4689-8a48-6e619d548137"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1888"
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source_hash: "c646a24bee8cd39337f5e0a2dc7a3097a19b1dd9abf2b292cb7d39721bf4274f"
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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 1888 (2025) — Tort actions; immunity of persons based on statements made at a Title IX hearing.
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Immunity of persons for tort actions based on statements made at certain hearings. Adds to the tort actions for which an individual shall be immune pursuant to applicable law any tort action based solely on a statement made at a Title IX hearing before the applicable tribunal of an institution of higher education. Current law provides that an individual shall be immune for any tort action based solely on statements made at a public hearing before, or otherwise communicated to, the governing body of any locality or other political subdivision, or the boards, commissions, agencies, and authorities thereof, and other governing bodies of any local governmental entity concerning matters properly before such body.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013400.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079182.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026319.PDF)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055135.HTML)
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5. **Delegate Simon Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036531.PDF)
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6. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073822.HTML)
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7. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074812.PDF)
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8. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062621.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066992.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) — **59–40** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 1-N) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101622D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105077D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Floor substitute printed 25106424D-H2 (Simon)
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- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-30** Floor substitute printed 25106555D-H3 (Simon)
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- **2025-01-30** Floor substitute printed 25106555D-H3 (Simon)
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
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- **2025-01-31** Delegate Simon Substitute 25106555D-H3 agreed to
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - floor substitute
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1888ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB1888ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 641 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)
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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/b3affcb4-4b76-4689-8a48-6e619d548137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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