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type: "Bill"
title: "Noncustodial parent; disclosure of student address."
description: "Right of foster parents to prohibit disclosure of student address to parents; parental notification. Requires (i) notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon written request of the foster parent of an enrolled student, a school board employee to redact the address of the foster parent prior to providing such student's parent any record otherwise containing such address and (ii) at the time a child is placed in foster care, each local department of social services to, if applicable, notify the foster parents of their right to make a written request pursuant to clause (i)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2226"
citation: "Virginia HB 2226 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike A. Cherry"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c24d2d50-d895-4378-b255-da862636f41c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2226"
source_hash: "422db345f75cddef8d68c2fee642977da797d525feca3089f7bd4083c5cb9f59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2226 (2025) — Noncustodial parent; disclosure of student address.
Right of foster parents to prohibit disclosure of student address to parents; parental notification. Requires (i) notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon written request of the foster parent of an enrolled student, a school board employee to redact the address of the foster parent prior to providing such student's parent any record otherwise containing such address and (ii) at the time a child is placed in foster care, each local department of social services to, if applicable, notify the foster parents of their right to make a written request pursuant to clause (i).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015630.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071562.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032806.PDF)
4. **Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045443.PDF)
5. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052306.PDF)
6. **HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024563.PDF)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064634.PDF)
## Votes
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101144D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25105771D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Education Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107095D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2226ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c24d2d50-d895-4378-b255-da862636f41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).