HB 290 VA

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Department of Education; compliance with and enforcement of prohibition on false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; evaluation; report. Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the Virginia State Crime Commission and such other stakeholders as the Department deems appropriate, to evaluate and make recommendations on compliance with and enforcement of the provisions of applicable law prohibiting any person from knowingly making a false statement concerning the residency of a child in a particular school division or school attendance zone for the purpose of improving the efficacy of enforcing statutory residency requirements for enrollment in a particular school division while ensuring consequences or penalties for violations of such requirements are commensurate with such violations. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2026, a report on its findings and recommendations.

• Jessica L. Anderson · primary

1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103091D · lower
2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290) · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Education and referred to Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal · lower
8. Jan 30, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
15. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
16. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108311D-S1 · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290) · lower
27. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (82-Y 14-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB290ER) · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB290) · lower
31. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML