HB 462 VA

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Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated.

• Laura Jane Cohen Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101365D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) · lower
6. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462) · lower
7. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Reconsidered by Education · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) · lower
10. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106279D-H1 · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462) · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
14. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
16. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
19. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
22. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 0-N 4-A) · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108313D-S1 · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462) · lower
25. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
26. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 2, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
34. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB462ER) · lower
35. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462) · lower
36. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
37. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
38. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
39. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
40. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML