republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-957.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc.	Student bullying and cyberbullying; resources. Requires the Department of Education to direct each school board to encourage each public elementary and secondary school in the local division to promote or utilize the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to address student bullying and cyberbullying, as such terms are defined in relevant law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 957	Virginia HB 957 (2026)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	5	32	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/737bb428-cd23-491f-9c86-cb66b8a9f3c4	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB957	89abb006bad223640d2d71ac272ab562c9c5f4cc10f543fa07481f7b399dec13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 957 (2026) — Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc.

Student bullying and cyberbullying; resources. Requires the Department of Education to direct each school board to encourage each public elementary and secondary school in the local division to promote or utilize the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to address student bullying and cyberbullying, as such terms are defined in relevant law.

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. Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104766D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB957)
• 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107076D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB957)
• 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 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
• 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB957ER) passage
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB957)
• 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 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 246 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/737bb428-cd23-491f-9c86-cb66b8a9f3c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).