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| Bill | School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents. | School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 685. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1278 | Virginia HB 1278 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1278 (2026) — School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents.
School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 685.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 62–33 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–30 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 1–95 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26104939D
introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
- 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2026-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107411D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-11 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 committee amendments rejected
amendment-failure - 2026-02-12 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 33-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
- 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 (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108246D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
- 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 Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-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, Cohen, Tata
- 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Head
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 30-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1278ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19d17ddd-983b-43e8-892e-7dd6d58c94c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).