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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training."
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description: "Department of Fire Programs; mental health awareness training. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall develop a standardized, two-hour virtual asynchronous training program on mental health awareness tailored to firefighters that includes training on each subject matter set forth in current law. The bill provides the option for each fire department to use such standardized training program as guidance in developing its own mental health awareness training for its personnel. This bill is identical to HB 325."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 140"
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citation: "Virginia SB 140 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55288f9a-c458-4c93-84d8-0f18bba33404"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB140"
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source_hash: "1547d39f530ae8f6128e20c96e5e4978c50b1d26d51664ab189e9f0ef9759e1d"
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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 SB 140 (2026) — Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training.
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Department of Fire Programs; mental health awareness training. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall develop a standardized, two-hour virtual asynchronous training program on mental health awareness tailored to firefighters that includes training on each subject matter set forth in current law. The bill provides the option for each fire department to use such standardized training program as guidance in developing its own mental health awareness training for its personnel. This bill is identical to HB 325.
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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/1083480.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171486.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216423.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203776.HTML)
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5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098108.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211815.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **95–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102973D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB140)
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Committee substitute printed 26106332D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-01-28** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB140)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-01-29** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108270D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed House with substitute (95-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** House substitute rejected by Senate
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- **2026-03-02** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: McPike, Roem, Pillion
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- **2026-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-09** House Conferees: Sullivan, Pope Adams, Wright
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB140)
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- **2026-03-10** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB140ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB140)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 110 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0110)
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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/55288f9a-c458-4c93-84d8-0f18bba33404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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