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| Bill | Health education; menstrual education instruction permitted. | Board of Education; Standards of Learning; familylife education; health education; menstrual education curriculumguidelines and instruction. Requires the Board of Education todevelop Standards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculumguidelines for instruction on menstrual education, to be providedat grade levels four through eight and to be required of all students,regardless of gender. The bill requires such Standards of Learningobjectives and accompanying curriculum guidelines on menstrual educationto include instruction on the biological processes and functionsof the menstrual cycle, menstrual cycle symptoms, side effects, andmanagement, societal and cultural attitudes toward the menstrualcycle, and other topics relating to the menstrual cycle. The bill requires each school board to provide at grade levels four througheight instruction on the menstrual education, consistent with theStandards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculum guidelinesdeveloped by the Board. The bill permits each school board to providesuch instruction on menstrual education as a part of an existingfamily life education program or an existing health education program,provided that such instruction is provided to each student at eachgrade level, four through eight, regardless of gender. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1221 | Virginia HB 1221 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1221 (2024) — Health education; menstrual education instruction permitted.
Board of Education; Standards of Learning; familylife education; health education; menstrual education curriculumguidelines and instruction. Requires the Board of Education todevelop Standards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculumguidelines for instruction on menstrual education, to be providedat grade levels four through eight and to be required of all students,regardless of gender. The bill requires such Standards of Learningobjectives and accompanying curriculum guidelines on menstrual educationto include instruction on the biological processes and functionsof the menstrual cycle, menstrual cycle symptoms, side effects, andmanagement, societal and cultural attitudes toward the menstrualcycle, and other topics relating to the menstrual cycle. The bill requires each school board to provide at grade levels four througheight instruction on the menstrual education, consistent with theStandards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculum guidelinesdeveloped by the Board. The bill permits each school board to providesuch instruction on menstrual education as a part of an existingfamily life education program or an existing health education program,provided that such instruction is provided to each student at eachgrade level, four through eight, regardless of gender.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0741 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107137D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108192D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1221ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101069D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) — 52–45 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101069D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1221)
- 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107137D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1221H1)
- 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107137D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1221H1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108192D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1221S1)
- 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108192D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1221S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 1-N)
passage - 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108192D-S1 (54-Y 46-N)
substitution - 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1221ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1221ER)
- 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9227512-2b4c-40b1-ad32-dfa6964b3af2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).