SB 151 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 HB 705.

• Christie New Craig Republican · primary

1. Jan 7, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102594D · upper
2. Jan 7, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 15, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Jan 23, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) · upper
9. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
10. Jan 26, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate · upper
13. Jan 27, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 3, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
17. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) · lower
18. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) · lower
19. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108226D-H1 · lower
20. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
23. Mar 2, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute (82-Y 17-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB151ER) · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
35. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205) · 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
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML