Virginia House Bill 1555 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-3)
Status: Passed on March 17 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Institutions of higher education; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required. Directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring that a trauma-informed human trafficking awareness and prevention training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students as a part of such institution's first-year orientation program. The bill also directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies to provide such a human trafficking awareness and prevention training program as a part of their first-year orientation programs.

Higher educational institutions; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required.

Sen. Emily Brewer [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]
Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-17		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
2023-03-17		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-02-27	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-15	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1555ER)
2023-02-15	House	Enrolled
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-31	House	VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-27	House	Read first time
2023-01-25	House	Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2023-01-12	House	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2023-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102048D

SB1373 (Same As) 2023-03-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)
SB1373 (Same As) 2023-03-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	808.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1555
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1555+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1555ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0030+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1555F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1555FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0902V0007+HB1555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0048+HB1555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1209+HB1555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0230+HB1555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB1555+HB1555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0423HB1555+HB1555