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HB 1017 VA
Introduced

School boards; excusing students from attendance at school, verified medical reasons.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Feb 4, 2026) Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote)

Summary

School boards; excusing students from attendance at school; grounds; verified medical reasons. Requires each school board to excuse from attendance any pupil who, for any continuous period of time not exceeding 30 school days in length, is absent from school for medical reasons as verified in writing by the student's health care provider.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (7)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104891D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
  3. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
  4. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1017) · lower
  5. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
  7. Feb 4, 2026 Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote) · lower

Text versions (3)

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  • Education Amendment · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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