republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-211.md

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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	Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc.	Head Start State Collaboration Office; state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth; report. Requires the Head Start State Collaboration Office at the Department of Education, no later than December 1, 2026, to develop and recommend to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education for endorsement a report summarizing the state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth that is required to address several topics enumerated in the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 211	Virginia HB 211 (2026)	bill		enacted	Debra D. Gardner	4	31	6	2026-01-07	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8bb8a8d2-f706-4427-9a8e-04890c7b3a9d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB211	6330d335a614f42ea05ae301e5bdb26c0b30d1093dcd305af330d06dc5995bbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 211 (2026) — Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc.

Head Start State Collaboration Office; state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth; report. Requires the Head Start State Collaboration Office at the Department of Education, no later than December 1, 2026, to develop and recommend to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education for endorsement a report summarizing the state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth that is required to address several topics enumerated in the bill.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 65–32 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103783D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB211)
• 2026-02-02 Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26105871D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-05 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB211)
• 2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-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
• 2026-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB211ER) passage
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB211)
• 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-06 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bb8a8d2-f706-4427-9a8e-04890c7b3a9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).