republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-199.md

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Bill	Standards of Learning assessments; through-year growth assessment system eliminated.	Board of Education; through-year growth assessment system eliminated. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Education establish, in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment, a through-year growth assessment system, aligned with the Standards of Learning, for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight. The bill removes from current law other provisions relating to the administration of such through-year growth assessments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 199	Virginia HB 199 (2026)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	3	33	7	2026-01-07	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4b7236df-c43f-422c-834c-119fd29593b1	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB199	3c1b7d50494e64bea1ab32e5f9e33dcbc09d983c976ba166df3c2d8d693fd4b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 199 (2026) — Standards of Learning assessments; through-year growth assessment system eliminated.

Board of Education; through-year growth assessment system eliminated. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Education establish, in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment, a through-year growth assessment system, aligned with the Standards of Learning, for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight. The bill removes from current law other provisions relating to the administration of such through-year growth assessments.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 92–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 91–6 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101314D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-21 Reported from Education (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB199)
• 2026-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108111D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB199)
• 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 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 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 agreed to by House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB199ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB199)
• 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 914 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b7236df-c43f-422c-834c-119fd29593b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).