republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-355.md

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Bill	Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening.	Department of Education; School Health Services Committee; annual mental health screenings for public school students in grades six through 12; recommendations on guidance and best practices. Directs the School Health Services Committee (the Committee), in collaboration with the Department of Education, to study and make recommendations on best practices for annual mental health screenings for public school students in grades six through 12 that utilize evidence-based tools. The bill directs the Committee to include its findings and recommendations in its annual report required pursuant to applicable law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 355	Virginia HB 355 (2026)	bill		enacted	Debra D. Gardner	6	40	8	2026-01-12	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b27386d0-bf39-4c83-b960-d4256a2396c4	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB355	7fbe1ef7994f1e2588f361467854a36dd80098a93f1567df5faccbaa74382936	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 355 (2026) — Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening.

Department of Education; School Health Services Committee; annual mental health screenings for public school students in grades six through 12; recommendations on guidance and best practices. Directs the School Health Services Committee (the Committee), in collaboration with the Department of Education, to study and make recommendations on best practices for annual mental health screenings for public school students in grades six through 12 that utilize evidence-based tools. The bill directs the Committee to include its findings and recommendations in its annual report required pursuant to applicable law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 0–96 (fail) · lower
• H VOTE: — 63–32 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 64–33 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105142D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26107012D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-26 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108312D-S1 substitution
• 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 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of Senate substitute rejected by House
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 32-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB355ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b27386d0-bf39-4c83-b960-d4256a2396c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).