VirginiaHigher educational institutions, public; reasonable accommodations for religious beliefs, etc.
What it does
Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students. Requires each public institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations, as defined in the bill, for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments and to provide and describe in the institution's student handbook or an equivalent document and in the institution's faculty handbook or an equivalent document a grievance procedure for any student to seek redress when the student believes that he has been unreasonably denied such reasonable accommodations for his religious beliefs and practices.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 6Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 6Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131)
- Mar 6Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER)Major
- Mar 6EnrolledMinor
- Mar 2Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Read third timeMinor
- Feb 27Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 27Rules suspended
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 23Assigned Education sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 2Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131)
- Vote recorded Reported from Education. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23Assigned HED sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104369DIntroduced