---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early childhood care and education; updates terminology."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-914, 15.2-914, 15.2-2292, 18.2-371.1, 19.2-389, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 20-124.6, 22.1-289.02, 22.1-289.04, 22.1-289.05:1 through 22.1-289.08, 22.1-289.010, 22.1-289.011, 22.1-289.012, 22.1-289.014 through 22.1-289.019, 22.1-289.021 through 22.1-289.028, 22.1-289.030, 22.1-289.035 through 22.1-289.038, 22.1-289.040 through 22.1-289.046, 22.1-289.049, 22.1-289.050, 22.1-289.055, 22.1-289.056, 22.1-289.059, 22.1-296.3, 32.1-46, 63.2-603, 63.2-1506, 63.2-1515, and 63.2-1527 of the Code of Virginia, relating to early childhood care and education; terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Virginia HB 258 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474fa336-a9bc-4890-bd34-85fa2d0e2b0c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB258"
source_hash: "47a07ea7071d03d918209c81b6eb24a2bbdb2b84271fba9f0a18f8c2090ff13d"
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 258 (2026) — Early childhood care and education; updates terminology.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-914, 15.2-914, 15.2-2292, 18.2-371.1, 19.2-389, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 20-124.6, 22.1-289.02, 22.1-289.04, 22.1-289.05:1 through 22.1-289.08, 22.1-289.010, 22.1-289.011, 22.1-289.012, 22.1-289.014 through 22.1-289.019, 22.1-289.021 through 22.1-289.028, 22.1-289.030, 22.1-289.035 through 22.1-289.038, 22.1-289.040 through 22.1-289.046, 22.1-289.049, 22.1-289.050, 22.1-289.055, 22.1-289.056, 22.1-289.059, 22.1-296.3, 32.1-46, 63.2-603, 63.2-1506, 63.2-1515, and 63.2-1527 of the Code of Virginia, relating to early childhood care and education; terminology.

## 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/1083328.PDF)
2. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100047.HTML)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101132.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194357.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102991D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB258)
- **2026-01-28** House committee offered
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB258)
- **2026-02-19** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB258ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB258)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 917 (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/474fa336-a9bc-4890-bd34-85fa2d0e2b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).