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| Bill | Virtual or online learning; development of guidelines and information, public health emergencies. | Department of Education; development of guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning; public health emergencies. Provides for the Department of Education to develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning. Such guidelines and information shall include (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the bill requires each K-12 school in the Commonwealth to include as a component of its annual safety audit a review of the school's plan for school closures during public health emergencies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to SB 1380. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2640 | Virginia HB 2640 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2640 (2025) — Virtual or online learning; development of guidelines and information, public health emergencies.
Department of Education; development of guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning; public health emergencies. Provides for the Department of Education to develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning. Such guidelines and information shall include (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the bill requires each K-12 school in the Commonwealth to include as a component of its annual safety audit a review of the school's plan for school closures during public health emergencies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to SB 1380.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — primary (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 25104936D
introduction - 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2640)
- 2025-01-24 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 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 - 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-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 (HB2640ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2640)
- 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 - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 573 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1aa15901-653d-412c-9f9e-195a22bfef62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).