HB 131 VA

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Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students. Requires each public institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations, as defined in the bill, for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments and to provide and describe in the institution's student handbook or an equivalent document and in the institution's faculty handbook or an equivalent document a grievance procedure for any student to seek redress when the student believes that he has been unreasonably denied such reasonable accommodations for his religious beliefs and practices.

• Marcus B. Simon Democratic · primary

1. Jan 3, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104369D · lower
2. Jan 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131) · lower
7. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 2, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
9. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N 0-A) · lower
11. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
12. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
13. Feb 23, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education · upper
14. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) · upper
15. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
16. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
19. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
21. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER) · lower
22. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131) · lower
23. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
24. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
25. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
26. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
27. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
28. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074) · 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
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML