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type: "Bill"
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title: "Excused student absences; visitation of immediate family members on active duty military, etc."
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description: "Excused student absences for visitation of immediate family members in connection with deployment. Allots five excused absences to any student whose immediate family member is active duty military and has received orders for, is on leave from, or has recently returned from deployment outside the United States for the purpose of visitation with such family member, provided that the student provides written documentation verifying such leave or deployment if requested by the local school division."
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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 653"
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citation: "Virginia HB 653 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b96701cb-ee5c-427e-87f1-e0ae100f0262"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB653"
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source_hash: "46d6153f631af6b21f0cee96c658788cd676e85c887521247082cb70ad33193b"
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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 653 (2026) — Excused student absences; visitation of immediate family members on active duty military, etc.
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Excused student absences for visitation of immediate family members in connection with deployment. Allots five excused absences to any student whose immediate family member is active duty military and has received orders for, is on leave from, or has recently returned from deployment outside the United States for the purpose of visitation with such family member, provided that the student provides written documentation verifying such leave or deployment if requested by the local school division.
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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/1085363.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216665.PDF)
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3. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097217.HTML)
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4. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107635.PDF)
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5. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186194.HTML)
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6. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097429.HTML)
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7. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189035.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199348.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **13–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **94–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104899D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB653)
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- **2026-02-02** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Committee substitute printed 26106668D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB653)
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- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-09** 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 committee offered
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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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** Committee amendment agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB653ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB653)
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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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)
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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/b96701cb-ee5c-427e-87f1-e0ae100f0262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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