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Bill School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted. School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to SB 815. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1455 Virginia HB 1455 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1455 (2026) — School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted.

School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to SB 815.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26104626D introduction
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1455)
  • 2026-02-05 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-11 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-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 (14-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)
  • 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1455ER) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-09 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
  • 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1455)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 815 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b529584-4608-46a1-9cd6-188221c8414c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).