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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status."
+description: "Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 125"
+citation: "Virginia HB 125 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2026-01-02"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB125"
+source_hash: "685fa260ad4a372a242cfc8dba9e0850a04841a33acc7b8ceee6826c0a5b23af"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 125 (2026) — Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status.
+
+Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082492.PDF)
+2. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196664.HTML)
+3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170633.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203379.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage R — **27–11** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **24–16** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **0–97** (fail) · lower
+- Insist & Request R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Education — **15–6** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **60–34** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **62–34** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
+- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100316D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
+- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
+- **2026-02-09** Reported from Education (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108218D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
+- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 11-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-27** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
+- **2026-02-27** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** House acceded to request
+- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Reaser, McAuliff, Tata
+- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Craig, VanValkenburg
+- **2026-03-05** Conference Report released
+- **2026-03-06** Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 1-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
+- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 911 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+