HB 686 VA

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Department of Education; open school enrollment policies; guidance on best practices. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board guidance on best practices relating to open school enrollment.

• Eric R. Zehr Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103148D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB686) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107695D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB686) · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 11-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
16. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
17. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) · upper

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.

• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML