HB 1037 VA

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Board of Education; instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy; model policies and procedures for selection. Requires the Board of Education to make available to each local school board instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy that are based on and include peer-reviewed scientific sources. The bill requires the Board of Education to develop, adopt, and make available to each local school board model policies and procedures, based on peer-reviewed scientific sources, pertaining to the selection of instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy, including a requirement for any such selected material to accurately portray changes in weather and climate patterns over time, the impacts of human activity on changes in weather and climate patterns, and the effects of climate change on people and resources.

• Betsy B. Carr Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102265D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037) · lower
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) · lower
5. Feb 4, 2026 Read first time · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
8. Feb 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
9. Feb 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
10. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
11. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) · upper
12. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
13. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
16. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
17. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · lower
18. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1037ER) · lower
19. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037) · lower
20. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
21. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
22. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
24. Apr 11, 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
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML