SB 685 VA

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School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1278.

• Stella G. Pekarsky Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104840D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
5. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
6. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
7. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685) · upper
8. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Education and Health Amendments agreed to · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685) · upper
17. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
20. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
21. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
22. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108227D-H1 · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685) · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
28. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 6, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
31. Mar 6, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
32. Mar 10, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
34. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Favola, Craig · upper
35. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
36. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees: Reaser, Cohen, Tata · lower
37. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A) · upper
38. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
39. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
40. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
41. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB685ER) · upper
42. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
43. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685) · upper
44. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
45. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
46. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
47. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 765 (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
• Conference Report · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Education and Health Amendment · HTML
• Education and Health Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML