republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1283.md

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Bill	High school graduation requirements and diploma pathways; implementation.	High school graduation requirements; application. Provides that, in the event that the Board of Education establishes or modifies any graduation requirements or diploma pathways, the Board shall only apply such new or modified graduation requirements or diploma pathways to students who enter ninth grade at the beginning of or after the first school year of implementation of such new or modified graduation requirements or diploma pathways. The bill is applicable beginning with students who enter the ninth grade on or after the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. This bill is identical to SB 724.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1283	Virginia HB 1283 (2026)	bill		enacted	Ellen H. McLaughlin	5	35	7	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/aa49b9b1-3f14-4e7d-a514-53f7ca6a9594	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1283	37305c7ca7a0216561c93ca00c0869148662428dd4763d713adda7ffa47857bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1283 (2026) — High school graduation requirements and diploma pathways; implementation.

High school graduation requirements; application. Provides that, in the event that the Board of Education establishes or modifies any graduation requirements or diploma pathways, the Board shall only apply such new or modified graduation requirements or diploma pathways to students who enter ninth grade at the beginning of or after the first school year of implementation of such new or modified graduation requirements or diploma pathways. The bill is applicable beginning with students who enter the ninth grade on or after the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. This bill is identical to SB 724.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ellen H. McLaughlin — primary (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26104580D introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1283)
• 2026-02-05 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107339D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1283)
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108792D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1283)
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1283ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1283)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker 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 811 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa49b9b1-3f14-4e7d-a514-53f7ca6a9594. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).