republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1279.md

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Bill	School health entrance form; Departments of Education and Health to streamline.	Department of Education and Department of Health;school health entrance form; review. Requires the Department ofEducation and the Department of Health to (i) examine the Departmentof Health's COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL HEALTH ENTRANCE FORM:Health Information Form/Comprehensive Physical Examination Report/Certificationof Immunization to determine whether such form can be streamlinedand made more user-friendly for families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals while continuing to gather all of the informationthat is necessary to comply with relevant state laws relating to student health and immunization and school attendance and (ii) reporttheir findings and any associated recommendations to the GeneralAssembly no later than November 1, 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1279	Virginia HB 1279 (2024)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	4	37	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a3dc6c2f-e2e6-43c3-aa38-da666e1f08a1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1279	d615c5827036ed02b9f3d949d043deadb4a260a280764ce8090b74425b7d3a88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1279 (2024) — School health entrance form; Departments of Education and Health to streamline.

Department of Education and Department of Health;school health entrance form; review. Requires the Department ofEducation and the Department of Health to (i) examine the Departmentof Health's COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL HEALTH ENTRANCE FORM:Health Information Form/Comprehensive Physical Examination Report/Certificationof Immunization to determine whether such form can be streamlinedand made more user-friendly for families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals while continuing to gather all of the informationthat is necessary to comply with relevant state laws relating to student health and immunization and school attendance and (ii) reporttheir findings and any associated recommendations to the GeneralAssembly no later than November 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0478 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107090D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1279ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103732D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103732D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1279)
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107090D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1279H1)
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107090D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1279H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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
• 2024-02-26 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1279ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1279ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3dc6c2f-e2e6-43c3-aa38-da666e1f08a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).