| HB18 |
McClure |
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB38 |
Henson |
Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047) |
| HB67 |
Feggans |
Offshore wind industry; workforce development. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361) |
| HB116 |
Ward |
School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067) |
| HB125 |
Reaser |
Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 911 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB139 |
Simonds |
School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB171 |
Askew |
Student instruction; Internet safety, policy to include key modern digital safety topics. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048) |
| HB178 |
Anthony |
Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 573 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB182 |
Reid |
High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 789 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB195 |
McQuinn |
Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049) |
| HB199 |
Rasoul |
Standards of Learning assessments; through-year growth assessment system eliminated. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 914 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB201 |
Cohen |
School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) |
| HB206 |
Keys-Gamarra |
College partnership laboratory schools; transparency. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB210 |
Price |
School meal debt; each school board to annually report. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) |
| HB211 |
Gardner |
Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB253 |
Glass |
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097) |
| HB255 |
Glass |
School Psychologists, Interstate Compact for; membership of the Commonwealth into Compact. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) |
| HB258 |
Simonds |
Early childhood care and education; updates terminology. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 917 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB275 |
Rasoul |
Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098) |
| HB288 |
Anderson |
Education, Department of; website posting of certain instructional resources. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 792 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB290 |
Anderson |
False statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty. |
04/13/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB298 |
McQuinn |
Public elementary or secondary school students; evidence-based restorative disciplinary practices. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB299 |
Helmer |
SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102) |
| HB332 |
Rasoul |
Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB333 |
Helmer |
Public schools; programs and courses of instruction; instruction on January 6 insurrection. |
04/11/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB355 |
Gardner |
Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB371 |
Price |
End Hunger, Virginia Commission to; changes membership. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 597 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB410 |
Reid |
School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) |
| HB413 |
Guzman |
High School Certified Nurse Aide Training/Certification Program; established, requirements, report. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389) |
| HB416 |
Guzman |
School buses; use for public purposes by local governing bodies, insurance reimbursement. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB461 |
Cohen |
Special education; certain educational settings, student age range restriction. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB462 |
Cohen |
Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB468 |
Cohen |
Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB478 |
Watts |
Diploma seal for excellence in fine arts; established, industry-recognized workforce credential. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152) |
| HB544 |
Askew |
School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; revisions, elimination of sunset. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165) |
| HB554 |
Anderson |
State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB584 |
Ballard |
Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404) |
| HB592 |
Simonds |
Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045) |
| HB595 |
Simonds |
Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182) |
| HB614 |
Rasoul |
History/Soc. Science SOL & Curriculum Framework; review of instruction on roles of all peoples. |
04/11/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB643 |
Rasoul |
School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB644 |
Kent |
FOIA; exemption for records of minors participating in certain programs run by state public bodies. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189) |
| HB647 |
Kent |
Teaching Experience; regulations Governing Allowable Credit. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 802 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB650 |
Callsen |
Courthouses; certain civil arrests prohibited, penalty. |
04/12/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB653 |
Kent |
Excused student absences; visitation of immediate family members on active duty military, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193) |
| HB693 |
McAuliff |
Workforce development programs; apprenticeship program. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB705 |
Hayes |
Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204) |
| HB832 |
Pope Adams |
Academic year Governor's School; maximizing school meal offerings. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) |
| HB836 |
Rasoul |
Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB849 |
Cousins |
Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233) |
| HB859 |
Cousins |
Farm to School Program Task Force; membership requirements. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 684 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB894 |
Sullivan |
Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) |
| HB913 |
Lopez |
Public Instruction, Superintendent of; reverse certain recent actions, etc. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB924 |
Rasoul |
Public Instruction, Super. of; state program to support improvement of low-performing schools. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240) |
| HB957 |
Guzman |
Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) |
| HB996 |
Seibold |
Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition Program; plan for expansion of Program. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1037 |
Carr |
Instructional materials on climate change & environtl. literacy; model pol. & proced. for selection. |
04/11/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB1039 |
Carr |
College and Career Ready Virginia Program; advisory committee and work group composition. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 806 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1041 |
Carr |
DOC; powers and duties of Director, Virginia Prison Education Task Force established, report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1071 |
Laufer |
Public elementary and secondary schools & higher educational institutions; threat assessment teams. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) |
| HB1086 |
Laufer |
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia goods, school nutrition programs, sunset. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) |
| HB1095 |
Singh |
High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 934 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1097 |
Laufer |
Driver communication improvement program; drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) |
| HB1113 |
Nivar |
Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 936 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1130 |
Reid |
Workforce housing for employees; county bd. of supervisor or school bd., lease of surplus property. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1153 |
Rasoul |
Community Builders Pilot Program; name change, statewide demonstration model site, repeals sunset. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051) |
| HB1161 |
Tran |
Government. Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; dissemin. of personal to federal gov't. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1165 |
Cole, N.T. |
Division superintendents; Board of Education to amend regulations, qualifications. |
04/13/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by House |
| HB1186 |
Rasoul |
Artificial intelligence; use of systems for student instruction. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 937 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1188 |
Thomas |
Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1208 |
Sewell |
Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456) |
| HB1218 |
Delaney |
Summer camps; employment of children. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269) |
| HB1229 |
Scott, P.A. |
Public schools; use of seclusion and restraint, report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 756 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1243 |
O'Quinn |
Standards of Quality; state accountability, Standards of Learning assessment expedited retake score. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459) |
| HB1278 |
Reaser |
School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1283 |
McLaughlin |
High school grad. requirements & diploma pathways; implementation. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 811 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1301 |
Thomas |
School boards; student diabetes care & management in schools, division wide plan required. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287) |
| HB1352 |
Cohen |
Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307) |
| HB1387 |
Cherry |
Teaching licenses; automatic revocation upon certain convictions. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311) |
| HB1414 |
McQuinn |
Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1437 |
Dougherty |
Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1446 |
Sewell |
School nurses; sickle cell disease training. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 855 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1455 |
McNamara |
School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 815 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| HB1486 |
Rasoul |
Public schools; student instruction; addictive potential of time spent using certain electr. device. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318) |
| HB1499 |
LeVere Bolling |
DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321) |
| HB1503 |
Hayes |
Public high school athletic coaches; guidance and resources on sickle cell trait. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 869 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB3 |
Aird |
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB10 |
Suetterlein |
Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099) |
| SB19 |
Locke |
DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) |
| SB33 |
Favola |
Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050) |
| SB63 |
Salim |
Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) |
| SB73 |
Srinivasan |
Medicaid billing navigation for certain school services; DMAS to train local school division staff. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB105 |
Stanley |
STEM+C competition team grants; DOE to consider changes to application and eligibility guidelines. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483) |
| SB108 |
Pekarsky |
School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies, prohibition. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331) |
| SB109 |
Pekarsky |
School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089) |
| SB117 |
Pekarsky |
Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) |
| SB122 |
McPike |
School boards; student diabetes care & management in schools, division wide plan required. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288) |
| SB134 |
Locke |
Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457) |
| SB146 |
McDougle |
Delinquent children; loss of driving privileges for alcohol, firearm, and drug offenses, truancy. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070) |
| SB151 |
Craig |
Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205) |
| SB171 |
Favola |
Minor elementary or secondary school students admitted to inpatient treatment; discl. of discharge. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 884 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB190 |
Williams Graves |
Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB196 |
Williams Graves |
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 940 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB200 |
VanValkenburg |
SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103) |
| SB203 |
Suetterlein |
Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 817 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB214 |
Boysko |
Civic Education, Commission on; required to develop and include certain enumerated items on website. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336) |
| SB245 |
Head |
School boards; use of social media by schools, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338) |
| SB309 |
Pekarsky |
Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341) |
| SB328 |
Perry |
Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) |
| SB341 |
Boysko |
Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237) |
| SB351 |
Salim |
Courthouses; certain civil arrests prohibited, penalty. |
04/12/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
| SB394 |
Pekarsky |
Artificial intelligence; use of systems for student instruction. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 943 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB427 |
Bagby |
High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) |
| SB447 |
Bagby |
Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB450 |
Bagby |
Public school teacher licensure requirement; comprehensive review of alt. licensure pathway, report. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 891 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB491 |
Pekarsky |
Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB498 |
Aird |
School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; revisions, elimination of sunset. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166) |
| SB529 |
Diggs |
Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503) |
| SB542 |
Aird |
Cannabis control; establishes framework for creation of retail marijuana market, penalties, report. |
04/14/26 Governor Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
| SB568 |
Sturtevant |
Public schools; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319) |
| SB592 |
Bagby |
Career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review, report. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347) |
| SB692 |
Suetterlein |
Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405) |
| SB699 |
Ebbin |
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public bodies to post meeting agendas. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519) |
| SB785 |
Carroll Foy |
Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 850 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB815 |
Suetterlein |
School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522) |
| SB817 |
Suetterlein |
School bds; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required, policies. |
04/08/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523) |
| SB820 |
Suetterlein |
Community Builders Pilot Program; name change, statewide demonstration model site, repeals sunset. |
04/02/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) |
| SB822 |
Pillion |
School nurses; sickle cell disease training. |
04/13/26 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 856 (effective 7/1/2026) |
| SB824 |
Bagby |
School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. |
04/06/26 Governor Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068) |
