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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2341: Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2341 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies. Primary sponsor: Irene Shin (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): House sustained Governor's veto.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies. Requires, no later than October 1, 2026, the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division and permits any school board to develop and adopt policies in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Irene ShinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Elizabeth Bennett-ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Betsy CarrCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Nadarius ClarkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Jackie GlassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Phil HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Alfonso LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Adele McClureCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
J.J. SinghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Kathy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House sustained Governor's veto
  2. Vetoed by Governor
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Signed by Speaker
  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2341)
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2341ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
  11. Read third time
  12. Passed by for the day

Showing 12 most recent of 31 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source