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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards, certain; participation in the Afterschool Meal Program."
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description: "Certain school boards; student meals; participationin the Afterschool Meal Program. Requires each school board thatgoverns a local school division that has a student population thatqualifies for free and reduced-price meals at a minimum percentageof 50 percent in the prior school year and simultaneously offerseducational or enrichment activities and is consequently eligibleto participate in the Afterschool Meal Program administered by theU.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Childand Adult Care Food Program to apply to the Department of Educationto participate in the Afterschool Meal Program for each such schoolto subsequently and simultaneously serve federally reimbursable mealsand offer an afterschool education or enrichment program, pursuantto FNS guidelines and state health and safety standards. The billrequires the Department of Education to administer the AfterschoolMeal Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shallissue a waiver to this requirement upon determination that participation is not financially viable for a school or group of schools. The billrequires the Department of Education to develop a process and criteriafor evaluating such waivers. The bill has a delayed effective dateof July 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2135"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2135 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f33b83a6-6861-4124-98cd-1d634a0041f2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2135"
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source_hash: "21f5bdf235e2120c0e6289fa43c1a2f1bcab6760200c8b3e9aef30afee48c8c5"
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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 2135 (2021) — School boards, certain; participation in the Afterschool Meal Program.
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Certain school boards; student meals; participationin the Afterschool Meal Program. Requires each school board thatgoverns a local school division that has a student population thatqualifies for free and reduced-price meals at a minimum percentageof 50 percent in the prior school year and simultaneously offerseducational or enrichment activities and is consequently eligibleto participate in the Afterschool Meal Program administered by theU.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Childand Adult Care Food Program to apply to the Department of Educationto participate in the Afterschool Meal Program for each such schoolto subsequently and simultaneously serve federally reimbursable mealsand offer an afterschool education or enrichment program, pursuantto FNS guidelines and state health and safety standards. The billrequires the Department of Education to administer the AfterschoolMeal Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shallissue a waiver to this requirement upon determination that participation is not financially viable for a school or group of schools. The billrequires the Department of Education to develop a process and criteriafor evaluating such waivers. The bill has a delayed effective dateof July 1, 2022.
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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. **CHAP0292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0292)
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2. **HB2135ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2135ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102541D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2135)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **88–11** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — 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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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — 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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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102541D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2135)
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- **2021-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-01-25** Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2135ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/22) `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/f33b83a6-6861-4124-98cd-1d634a0041f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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