RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The first ever federal anti-hazing law was spearheaded by Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA-3) and the family of Adam Oakes, a college student who died in an alcohol-related hazing incident. It was signed by President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve. The Stop Campus Hazing Act will require colleges and universities that receive federal student aid to disclose hazing incidents in their annual safety reports. Adam Oakes was 19 years old when he died of alcohol poisoning during a hazing event in 2021. He was a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and had pledged the Delta Chi fraternity.   Adam’s parents, Eric and Linda Oakes, both worked on the bipartisan bill alongside Congressman Scott. The Oakes have worked on hazing prevention across Virginia since their son's death. In 2022, VCU enacted "Adam's Law," which provides provide each current member, new member, and potential new member of each student organization with new members hazing prevention training about the dangers of hazing. This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require colleges and universities to disclose hazing incidents in their annual safety reports, and teach students about the dangers of hazing. According to Scott, there have been more than 100 hazing-related deaths since 2000. “By improving reporting and mandating prevention programs, this bill is a bipartisan measure to protect the health and safety of students while ensuring that students and their parents can make informed decisions when joining campus organizations," Scott said.   In this bill, Congress more clearly defines hazing as physical harm, mental harm or degradation to join a club, sports team, or fraternity or sorority. Schools will also be required to have hazing awareness and prevention programs, as well as details on how to report and investigate it.    According to the bill, for each formal investigation of hazing, the Campus Hazing Transparency Report should include the name of the organization with which the violation that resulted in a formal finding of guilt, responsibility, or culpability, was committed, general description of the violation that resulted in a formal finding of guilt, responsibility, or culpability, the charges, the findings of the institution, and the sanctions placed on the organization. It should also include the the dates that the incident was alleged to have occurred, the violation that resulted in a formal finding of guilt, responsibility, or culpability was charged, how the investigation was initiated, and how the investigation ended with a finding that a violation occurred.