Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2420.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

106 lines
5.7 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required. Requires each coach of an intercollegiate athletics program at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program within one year of the commencement of his duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2420"
citation: "Virginia HB 2420 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc7c30a9-4994-453e-8a45-3a5ab05323ef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2420"
source_hash: "a63d737edac6b44fe73d4dc5fc38643d9a6391804a280953048331d8bb667970"
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 2420 (2025) — Intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required.
Public institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics program coaches; Mental Health First Aid or similar training required. Requires each coach of an intercollegiate athletics program at a public institution of higher education to participate in Mental Health First Aid training or a similar program within one year of the commencement of his duties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016738.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072702.PDF)
3. **Education Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029715.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033533.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061371.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100734D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Education Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25100734D-E
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2420ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2420)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc7c30a9-4994-453e-8a45-3a5ab05323ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).