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Bill Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing. Public school employees; suspension; notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that no school board employee shall be suspended without notice and, if applicable, an opportunity to be heard and amends current law to require any individual who has been so suspended, regardless of the length of the suspension, to continue to receive his then applicable salary unless and until the school board, after a hearing, determines otherwise. Under current law, such requirement only applies to any individual who has been suspended for a period in excess of five days. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 849 Virginia HB 849 (2026)
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Virginia HB 849 (2026) — Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing.

Public school employees; suspension; notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that no school board employee shall be suspended without notice and, if applicable, an opportunity to be heard and amends current law to require any individual who has been so suspended, regardless of the length of the suspension, to continue to receive his then applicable salary unless and until the school board, after a hearing, determines otherwise. Under current law, such requirement only applies to any individual who has been suspended for a period in excess of five days.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education — 210 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rae Cousins — primary (person)
  • Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104090D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB849)
  • 2026-02-02 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-09 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB849ER) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB849)
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16434297-dc01-4ab9-a787-4653571f1d50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).