HB 38 — Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements.
VA 20261 session
Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction; requirements. Requires each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the applicable school board, employed on a full-time basis to complete mental health awareness training that addresses the needs of youth populations that are at a high risk of experiencing mental health challenges and disorders in accordance with evidence-based best practices developed by the American Psychological Association. Current law requires such teachers and personnel to complete mental health awareness training but does not contain any requirements relating to the specific topics such training must address. The bill prohibits any of its provisions or any policy adopted in accordance with its provisions from being construed to permit biased or discriminatory treatment of any youth population deemed to be at a high risk of experiencing mental health challenges and disorders.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (17)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — sponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (29)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Margaret A. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no