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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2637: Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students.

Enacted Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2637 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students. Primary sponsor: Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296).

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; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1377.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Destiny LeVere BollingPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Elizabeth Bennett-ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Jackie GlassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Dan HelmerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Rod WillettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58

“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. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (Effective 07/01/25)
  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 (HB2637)
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2637ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2637)
  11. Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
  12. Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)

Showing 12 most recent of 36 actions. Full history

Sources

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