republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-125.md

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Bill	Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status.	Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 125	Virginia HB 125 (2026)	bill		enacted	Atoosa R. Reaser	4	41	10	2026-01-02	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB125	685fa260ad4a372a242cfc8dba9e0850a04841a33acc7b8ceee6826c0a5b23af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 125 (2026) — Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status.

Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 60–34 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 62–34 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100316D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
• 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Education (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108218D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 11-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Reaser, McAuliff, Tata
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Craig, VanValkenburg
• 2026-03-05 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-06 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 1-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 911 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).