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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Instruction, Superintendent of; reverse certain recent actions, etc."
description: "Superintendent of Public Instruction; reverse certain recent actions and restore certain rescinded resources. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to reverse all actions previously taken by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or after January 15, 2022, pursuant to the then-current Governor's Executive Order One of January 15, 2022, to rescind certain policies, programs, and resources that promoted cultural competency, encouraged inclusion and belonging, educated about the history of slavery and the civil rights movement, and continued work to combat racism in the Commonwealth and to restore all such policies, programs, and resources, including the Department of Education's EdEquityVA website and all included and associated resources and certain other enumerated resources, including certain Superintendent's memos."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 913"
citation: "Virginia HB 913 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55a49b8b-b609-401e-be59-035c5d8da9c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB913"
source_hash: "210e3b0cb3da43854cfc009b01c90c42c460e16f594fa2f4e77e98806cb8120d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 913 (2026) — Public Instruction, Superintendent of; reverse certain recent actions, etc.
Superintendent of Public Instruction; reverse certain recent actions and restore certain rescinded resources. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to reverse all actions previously taken by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or after January 15, 2022, pursuant to the then-current Governor's Executive Order One of January 15, 2022, to rescind certain policies, programs, and resources that promoted cultural competency, encouraged inclusion and belonging, educated about the history of slavery and the civil rights movement, and continued work to combat racism in the Commonwealth and to restore all such policies, programs, and resources, including the Department of Education's EdEquityVA website and all included and associated resources and certain other enumerated resources, including certain Superintendent's memos.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086435.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210880.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **73** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **96** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **147** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **2119** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **6135** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103129D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB913)
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-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 (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **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** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB913ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB913)
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55a49b8b-b609-401e-be59-035c5d8da9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).