VirginiaHealth Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.
What it does
Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for a program of instruction on water safety to be provided as a part of any health education instruction provided to elementary school students. This bill is identical to HB 705.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 205 (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 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 10Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
- Mar 10Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB151ER)Major
- Mar 10EnrolledMinor
- Mar 4House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Passed House with substitute (82-Y 17-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 2committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 2Read third timeMinor
- Feb 27Read second timeMinor
- Feb 25Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Committee substitute printed 26108226D-H1Major
- Feb 25Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N)Minor
- Feb 24Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Feb 3Read first timeMinor
- Feb 3Placed on Calendar
- Jan 27Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Engrossed by Senate
- Jan 26Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Jan 26Read second timeMinor
- Jan 23Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 23Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
- Jan 23Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Jan 23Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Jan 23Rules suspended
- Jan 22Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102594DIntroduced