republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-410.md

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Bill	School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation.	School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation. Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 410	Virginia HB 410 (2026)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	8	46	10	2026-01-12	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/37b65e34-c1e9-4b57-ad82-e7bb5f0ddfa1	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB410	903f2112bd141d4a168f3d26919ec32f588272966f3d4b274f366fc5d3a9ca45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 410 (2026) — School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation.

School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation. Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends laying on the table — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 87–8 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 85–12 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101945D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute printed 26106314D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-28 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-13 Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26106839D-H2 substitution
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute rejected
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108904D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
• 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 (85-Y 12-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
• 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37b65e34-c1e9-4b57-ad82-e7bb5f0ddfa1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).