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| Bill | School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers. | School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers; purchase of service credit. Requires each school board to adopt a policy to approve unpaid educational leave for school board employees who are state employee association executive officers and for up to two school board employees who are local employee association officers for a maximum of four years per officer. The bill permits employee association officers approved for such leave to purchase service credit with the Virginia Retirement System for such period of leave. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 139 | Virginia HB 139 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 139 (2026) — School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers.
School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers; purchase of service credit. Requires each school board to adopt a policy to approve unpaid educational leave for school board employees who are state employee association executive officers and for up to two school board employees who are local employee association officers for a maximum of four years per officer. The bill permits employee association officers approved for such leave to purchase service credit with the Virginia Retirement System for such period of leave.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100531D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139)
- 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-01-28 House committee offered
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139)
- 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-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)
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB139ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139)
- 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e555e62d-46f7-4512-b350-05a226f00cd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).