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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 355"
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citation: "Virginia HB 355 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra D. Gardner"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b27386d0-bf39-4c83-b960-d4256a2396c4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB355"
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source_hash: "7fbe1ef7994f1e2588f361467854a36dd80098a93f1567df5faccbaa74382936"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 355 (2026) — Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083989.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218810.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116334.PDF)
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4. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185450.PDF)
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5. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115223.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199298.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **0–96** (fail) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–32** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–33** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105142D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26107012D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-26** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108312D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Reconsideration of Senate substitute rejected by House
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 32-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB355ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB355)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b27386d0-bf39-4c83-b960-d4256a2396c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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