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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.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (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).