republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1030.md

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Bill	Public middle and high schools; student athletes, pre-participation physical examination required.	Public middle and high schools; student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination required. Provides that no public middle or high school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other middle or high schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has received a physical examination and was found to be physically fit for athletic competition no more than 14 calendar months prior to the date on which such report was signed. Current law requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public middle or high school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1030	Virginia SB 1030 (2025)	bill		enacted	Stella G. Pekarsky	5	37	7	2025-01-07	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/476496c1-a92d-4b71-97c8-3c1c3cb51e44	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1030	a5940753583f8a3ba160ef37dde546fe318d7821627138dbb6587d10103fe590	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1030 (2025) — Public middle and high schools; student athletes, pre-participation physical examination required.

Public middle and high schools; student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination required. Provides that no public middle or high school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other middle or high schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has received a physical examination and was found to be physically fit for athletic competition no more than 14 calendar months prior to the date on which such report was signed. Current law requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public middle or high school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill.

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. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed House with substitute (86-Y 12-N) — 86–12 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
• Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101056D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105118D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-27 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1030)
• 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25107637D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1030)
• 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Education Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-20 Passed House with substitute (86-Y 12-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1030ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1030)
• 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
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0514)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/476496c1-a92d-4b71-97c8-3c1c3cb51e44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).