---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight, English SOLs."
description: "Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight, English SOLs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Virginia HB 1526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233caeb3-86e5-44a7-b91a-cca1083cf315"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1526"
source_hash: "82c0dcc81c72f03e3611d4683855c09870c1b5ea6770b344fff5b01c03c018e4"
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 1526 (2023) — Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight, English SOLs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0645)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106516D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1526S1)
3. **HB1526ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1526ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102820D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1526)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23102820D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1526E)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102820D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1526)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1526E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23102820D-E
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106516D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1526S1)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-17** Amendment by Senator Lucas agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1526S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 23106516D-S1 (95-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1526ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1526ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 645 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/233caeb3-86e5-44a7-b91a-cca1083cf315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).