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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Local school divisions; availability of virtual and in-person learning to all students.	Local school divisions; in-person learning.Requires each local school division to make in-person learning availableto all students by choice of the student's parent or guardian. Thebill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1303	Virginia SB 1303 (2021)	bill		enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	5	45	9	2021-01-12	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2e26b039-eaee-4ed1-9138-612c22afd3b2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1303	bf9bd3c10cb4f67cafef8d109c99da81d68ef6d2276004a0e0182358118d6366	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1303 (2021) — Local school divisions; availability of virtual and in-person learning to all students.

Local school divisions; in-person learning.Requires each local school division to make in-person learning availableto all students by choice of the student's parent or guardian. Thebill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0456 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21200505D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102517D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21102517D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1303ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 47-N) — 50–47 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N) — 36–3 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N) — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
• Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102517D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Reading of amendments waived
• 2021-02-01 Amendments by Senator Dunnavant agreed to amendment-passage
• 2021-02-01 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1303E
• 2021-02-01 Emergency clause deleted
• 2021-02-01 Printed as engrossed 21102517D-E
• 2021-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB1303E)
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
• 2021-02-13 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2021-02-15 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-22 Committee substitute printed 21200505D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB1303H1)
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 21200505D-H1
• 2021-02-24 Motion to pass by floor amendment offered by Delegate Avoli agreed to (51-Y 47-N)
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 47-N)
• 2021-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1303H1
• 2021-02-24 Pending question ordered
• 2021-02-24 Passed House with substitute (88-Y 9-N) passage
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N)
• 2021-02-25 House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N)
• 2021-02-25 Title replaced 21200505D-H1
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB1303ER)
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 456 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e26b039-eaee-4ed1-9138-612c22afd3b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).