republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-753.md

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Bill	Social-emotional learning; DOE to develop guidance standards.	Department of Education; social-emotional learning and development. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish a uniform definition of social-emotional learning and develop guidance standards for social-emotional learning for all public students in grades kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth; (ii) make such standards available to each local school division no later than July 1, 2021; and (iii) issue a report no later than November 1, 2021, on the resources needed to successfully support local school divisions with the implementation of a statewide social-emotional learning program.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 753	Virginia HB 753 (2020)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	4	37	8	2020-01-07	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0860e5d6-9cf4-4348-ab52-8c1f365c61e9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB753	cd07a6aeddc40127d1e3ab5235b78bd3d6408f469bcb34c56b70eb6923289a7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 753 (2020) — Social-emotional learning; DOE to develop guidance standards.

Department of Education; social-emotional learning and development. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish a uniform definition of social-emotional learning and develop guidance standards for social-emotional learning for all public students in grades kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth; (ii) make such standards available to each local school division no later than July 1, 2021; and (iii) issue a report no later than November 1, 2021, on the resources needed to successfully support local school divisions with the implementation of a statewide social-emotional learning program.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB753ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB753H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB753) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with amendment (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) — 71–26 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (27-Y 11-N) — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101223D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Education with amendment (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB753)
• 2020-01-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20106542D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Committee amendment rejected
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 20106542D-H1
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB753H1
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House (72-Y 26-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB753H1)
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (27-Y 11-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB753ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0860e5d6-9cf4-4348-ab52-8c1f365c61e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).