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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Virginia HB 211 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra D. Gardner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb8a8d2-f706-4427-9a8e-04890c7b3a9d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB211"
source_hash: "6330d335a614f42ea05ae301e5bdb26c0b30d1093dcd305af330d06dc5995bbf"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083093.PDF)
2. **Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1099056.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107622.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193978.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb8a8d2-f706-4427-9a8e-04890c7b3a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).