---
type: "Bill"
title: "STEM+C competition team grants; DOE to consider changes to application and eligibility guidelines."
description: "Department of Education; STEM+C Competition Grant Program eligibility. Requires the Department of Education, prior to the 2026 application period for grants pursuant to the STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program (the Program), to consider making the following changes to the grant application and eligibility guidelines: (i) clarify that, in accordance with the provision of relevant law that provides that the purpose of the Program is to provide grants for use in establishing or supporting STEM+C competition teams, grants may be awarded to establish new STEM+C competition teams or support existing STEM+C competition teams and (ii) provide that, in the event that grant applications exceed available funds, priority shall be given to applications for the establishment of new STEM+C competition teams with demonstrated financial need."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "Virginia SB 105 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-12-31"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a52bae9-813d-4c97-a202-1a65aa4b4a44"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB105"
source_hash: "f7e6b59624f00277752f038631565cdb86afea16261dd1ecefd6a4c259c4393a"
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 SB 105 (2026) — STEM+C competition team grants; DOE to consider changes to application and eligibility guidelines.

Department of Education; STEM+C Competition Grant Program eligibility. Requires the Department of Education, prior to the 2026 application period for grants pursuant to the STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program (the Program), to consider making the following changes to the grant application and eligibility guidelines: (i) clarify that, in accordance with the provision of relevant law that provides that the purpose of the Program is to provide grants for use in establishing or supporting STEM+C competition teams, grants may be awarded to establish new STEM+C competition teams or support existing STEM+C competition teams and (ii) provide that, in the event that grant applications exceed available funds, priority shall be given to applications for the establishment of new STEM+C competition teams with demonstrated financial need.

## 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/1082867.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218178.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1192100.PDF)
4. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190119.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209871.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102162D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate
- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB105)
- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** House committee offered
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26108641D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB105)
- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB105ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB105)
- **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`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a52bae9-813d-4c97-a202-1a65aa4b4a44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).