HB 705 VA

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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 SB 151.

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103870D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705) · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N) · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107000D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
17. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
19. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108241D-S1 · upper
20. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
21. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
22. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
23. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705) · lower
24. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
25. Feb 23, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
26. Feb 23, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
27. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Feb 25, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A) · lower
29. Feb 27, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
30. Feb 27, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
31. Mar 2, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
32. Mar 4, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
33. Mar 4, 2026 House Conferees: Hayes, Simonds, Kilgore · lower
34. Mar 4, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
35. Mar 4, 2026 Senate Conferees: Perry, Pekarsky, Craig · upper
36. Mar 12, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
37. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 17-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
40. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB705ER) · lower
41. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705) · lower
43. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
44. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
45. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
46. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
47. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML