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type: "Bill"
title: "Public high school athletic coaches; guidance and resources on sickle cell trait."
description: "High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources. Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo no later than the start of the 20262027 school year containing guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on risks and strategies for student-athletes with sickle cell trait."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Virginia HB 1503 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c50fb64f-2d7f-4ec5-932e-dc5303e16ef1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1503"
source_hash: "a26ce9b5d4505b60e31d199eb95df9d2d5e78d61684d16ef9f674cf384306a28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1503 (2026) — Public high school athletic coaches; guidance and resources on sickle cell trait.
High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources. Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo no later than the start of the 20262027 school year containing guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on risks and strategies for student-athletes with sickle cell trait.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095952.PDF)
2. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140103.PDF)
3. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1138331.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209144.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute — **192** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **906** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105333D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)
- **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 (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107579D-H1 `substitution`
- **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 (91-Y 6-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`
- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)
- **2026-02-26** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1503ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 869 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c50fb64f-2d7f-4ec5-932e-dc5303e16ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).