Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
11 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students. | Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to assess the impact of developing a program to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school through certified student support agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Department, in conducting such assessment, to consider (i) a framework by which a certified student support agency would enter into a memorandum of understanding with a school board for the purpose of providing student support programs, as defined in the bill, and suggested components of such memorandums of understanding, such as (a) documentation establishing the organization's nonprofit status, (b) a description of each student support program that such organization provides, (c) policies and procedures relating to privacy, background checks, mandated reporting, and the transmission, collection, use, and disposal of student personal information, and (d) consent forms and procedures to be used by such student support programs to obtain the necessary consent from the parent of any student under 18 years of age; (ii) the feasibility of establishing and administering a certification process for certified student support agencies; (iii) potential compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms and subsequent penalties for noncompliance to ensure that each certified student support agency complies with such program; (iv) policies and procedures for the secure disposal of a student's personal information upon such student's withdrawal from a student support program, upon the cessation of any such program, or upon such student's graduation or transfer from the school division; and (v) cost estimates, including staffing needs, for the development and implementation of such program. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education no later than November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 190. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 178 | Virginia HB 178 (2026) |
|
enacted |
|
9 | 51 | 11 | 2026-01-06 | 2026-04-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/fd090595-2a39-439b-81aa-2053bd55e9b9 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB178 | d2f9e87ed103c386a53f57b08c5350190c02596c7d31013efa9c05c968cfeaaa | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Virginia HB 178 (2026) — Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students.
Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to assess the impact of developing a program to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school through certified student support agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Department, in conducting such assessment, to consider (i) a framework by which a certified student support agency would enter into a memorandum of understanding with a school board for the purpose of providing student support programs, as defined in the bill, and suggested components of such memorandums of understanding, such as (a) documentation establishing the organization's nonprofit status, (b) a description of each student support program that such organization provides, (c) policies and procedures relating to privacy, background checks, mandated reporting, and the transmission, collection, use, and disposal of student personal information, and (d) consent forms and procedures to be used by such student support programs to obtain the necessary consent from the parent of any student under 18 years of age; (ii) the feasibility of establishing and administering a certification process for certified student support agencies; (iii) potential compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms and subsequent penalties for noncompliance to ensure that each certified student support agency complies with such program; (iv) policies and procedures for the secure disposal of a student's personal information upon such student's withdrawal from a student support program, upon the cessation of any such program, or upon such student's graduation or transfer from the school division; and (v) cost estimates, including staffing needs, for the development and implementation of such program. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education no later than November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 190.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- K-12 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 0–99 (fail) · lower
- H VOTE: — 59–35 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102387D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
substitution - 2026-02-11 House committee offered
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107317D-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 (60-Y 35-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 - 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB178)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108821D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB178)
- 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-11 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-11 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Anthony, LeVere Bolling, O'Quinn
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Favola, Peake
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB178ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB178)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 573 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd090595-2a39-439b-81aa-2053bd55e9b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).