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SB 264 VA
Passed One Chamber

Individualized education programs; guidelines/materials for students for addressing bullying, etc.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Mar 4, 2026) Tabled in Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

Summary

A BILL to direct the Department of Education to develop and make available to school boards guidelines for including in individualized education programs strategies and supports to address and prevent bullying, harassment, and teasing and model instructional programs or materials for students on awareness, understanding, and acceptance of neurodivergence.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (23)

  1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100555D · upper
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
  4. Jan 29, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
  5. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB264) · upper
  6. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  7. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106627D-S1 · upper
  8. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB264) · upper
  9. Feb 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  10. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  11. Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  12. Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
  13. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · upper
  14. Feb 9, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
  15. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  16. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  17. Feb 13, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  18. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
  19. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
  20. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) · lower
  21. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
  22. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education · lower
  23. Mar 4, 2026 Tabled in Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower

Text versions (6)

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 and Health Substitute · PDF
  • Education and Health Substitute · HTML
  • Education and Health Substitute · PDF
  • Education and Health Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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