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Bill Students in local school division who receive home instruction; division's legal obligation. Department of Education; Superintendent's memo; confidentiality of certain information relating to students who receive home instruction. Requires, no later than the start of the 20252026 school year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to include in a Superintendent's memo an explanation of each division superintendent's obligations set forth in relevant law relating to the confidentiality of certain information relating to students who receive home instruction. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2598 Virginia HB 2598 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2598 (2025) — Students in local school division who receive home instruction; division's legal obligation.

Department of Education; Superintendent's memo; confidentiality of certain information relating to students who receive home instruction. Requires, no later than the start of the 20252026 school year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to include in a Superintendent's memo an explanation of each division superintendent's obligations set forth in relevant law relating to the confidentiality of certain information relating to students who receive home instruction.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • 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
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Phillip A. Scott — primary (person)
  • Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Earley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103453D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25105695D-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
  • 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2598)
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2598ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2598)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2c6ae99-7d5a-4789-bd3f-14b16f185df9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).