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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 147 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 73 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 2119 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6235 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health — 96 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (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).