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| Bill | Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision. | Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 462 | Virginia HB 462 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 462 (2026) — Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.
Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute — 17–5 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101365D
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 (9-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 2026-02-02 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Reconsidered by Education
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106279D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 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 - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-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 (10-Y 0-N 4-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108313D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 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 - 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB462ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 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 799 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e54d6222-536c-47ce-9fd3-e2c1acca4a12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).