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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies."
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description: "Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students; policies. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board, no later than December 31, 2020, model policies concerning the treatment of transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools that address common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) compliance with applicable nondiscrimination laws; (ii) maintenance of a safe and supportive learning environment free from discrimination and harassment for all students; (iii) prevention of and response to bullying and harassment; (iv) maintenance of student records; (v) identification of students; (vi) protection of student privacy and the confidentiality of sensitive information; (vii) enforcement of sex-based dress codes; and (viii) student participation in sex-specific school activities and events, excluding athletics, and use of school facilities. The bill requires each school board to adopt, no later than the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies developed by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 161."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 145"
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citation: "Virginia HB 145 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-12-18"
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last_action: "2020-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974d0d38-8603-46b3-8dfb-48fea38b0600"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB145"
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source_hash: "8d354cbe30e1204bfc1a5cbf0478da7a90574691dd12dd6284295262f0c000af"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 145 (2020) — Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.
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Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students; policies. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board, no later than December 31, 2020, model policies concerning the treatment of transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools that address common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) compliance with applicable nondiscrimination laws; (ii) maintenance of a safe and supportive learning environment free from discrimination and harassment for all students; (iii) prevention of and response to bullying and harassment; (iv) maintenance of student records; (v) identification of students; (vi) protection of student privacy and the confidentiality of sensitive information; (vii) enforcement of sex-based dress codes; and (viii) student participation in sex-specific school activities and events, excluding athletics, and use of school facilities. The bill requires each school board to adopt, no later than the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than such model policies developed by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 161.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0153)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB145ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB145ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB145)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage #2 (62-Y 36-N) — **61–36** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101310D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB145)
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2020-01-31** Passed House (62-Y 36-N) `passage`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage #2 (62-Y 36-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-19** Senate amendments agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N)
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- **2020-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
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- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB145ER)
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- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974d0d38-8603-46b3-8dfb-48fea38b0600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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