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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification."
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description: "Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 656"
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citation: "Virginia SB 656 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-19"
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last_action: "2022-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3f5afcd-21fa-498e-9930-863493f73e1b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB656"
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source_hash: "6bb78d0cfc5f5f955eebc9db59e79ea5dff2bdda238b7964348b38c4d731aed1"
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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 SB 656 (2022) — Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.
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Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
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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. **CHAP0100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0100)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105720D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB656S1)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 22100756D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB656)
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4. **SB656ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB656ER)
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5. **SB656S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB656S2)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) — **20–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 22100756D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-19** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB656)
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- **2022-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute printed 22105720D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-03** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-07** Floor substitute printed 22106195D-S2 (Dunnavant)
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- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute rejected 22105720D-S1
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- **2022-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-07** Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 22106195D-S2
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- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB656S2
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- **2022-02-08** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB656S2)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed House (52-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
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- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB656ER)
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
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- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (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/e3f5afcd-21fa-498e-9930-863493f73e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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