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Bill

Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.

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 HB 145.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 161

Virginia SB 161 (2020)

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enacted

Jennifer B. Boysko

2019-12-19

2020-03-04

openstates

ocd-bill/5362abf2-1fa7-46e1-933a-fb730b0df6a9

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB161

648f3a7886fe7c943816cc1bc8eb52d56315ca76c1c179544017c6dd3d7f6b3e

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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us-va

Virginia SB 161 (2020) — Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB161ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB161E (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB161E (committee substitute) — source
Reengrossed by Senate as amended SB161E2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — 24–15 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102095D introduction
2019-12-19 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
2020-01-09 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
2020-01-16 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-20 Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-20 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB161E
2020-01-20 Printed as engrossed 20102095D-E
2020-01-21 Passed by temporarily
2020-01-21 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21 Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-21 Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to amendment-passage
2020-01-21 Reengrossed by Senate as amended SB161E2
2020-01-21 Printed as reengrossed 20102095D-E2
2020-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21 Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) passage
2020-01-21 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21 Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) passage
2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB161E2)
2020-02-17 Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-19 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-20 Passed House (58-Y 40-N) passage
2020-02-20 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
2020-02-25 Enrolled
2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB161ER)
2020-02-26 Signed by President
2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 154 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5362abf2-1fa7-46e1-933a-fb730b0df6a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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