VirginiaHealth Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.
What it does
Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated.
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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 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 12Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 11Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- Mar 11Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB462ER)Major
- Mar 11EnrolledMinor
- Mar 4Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 2Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 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 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108313D-S1Major
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 0-N 4-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Senate committee offered
- Feb 26Senate subcommittee offered
- Feb 19Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 11Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 10Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 9committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 9Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 4Committee substitute printed 26106279D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Feb 4Reconsidered by Education
- Feb 2Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)Major
- Jan 27House subcommittee offered
- Jan 23Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101365DIntroduced