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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 HB 2640. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1380 Virginia SB 1380 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1380 (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 HB 2640.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104629D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1380)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1380ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1380)
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 581 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c569d90a-72e4-4977-8c56-40173fcbbcb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).