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Bill to align VMI sexual-violence reporting with other colleges recommended for reporting
Summary
Delegate Homer introduced House Bill 22 to bring VMI into parity with other higher-education institutions on reporting sexual-violence incidents and to remove a coded exemption that may hinder reporting; the subcommittee recommended the bill for reporting, recorded as 5-0 in the transcript.
Delegate Homer presented House Bill 22 to the Higher Education Subcommittee, saying the measure would put the Virginia Military Institute in the same posture as other institutions to enable reporting of incidents of sexual violence and harassment. He said the bill is intended to promote reporting by aligning VMI’s disciplinary-immunity and reporting practices with those used elsewhere in the Commonwealth.
A committee member asked how VMI currently differs from other institutions. A presenter answered that while the code contains a disciplinary-immunity provision for VMI, that exemption has not been used in recent years and could be a barrier to reporting; the sponsor described the bill as removing that remaining code provision. The sponsor and presenter framed the change as procedural alignment rather than a new immunity grant.
A motion to recommend House Bill 22 for reporting was moved and seconded; the transcript records the recommendation as passing (noted in the record as "recommended for reporting five zero"). The subcommittee advanced the bill for further consideration by the full committee.
