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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report."
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description: "Public education; early childhood care and education; child care access calculations; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and maintain calculations for the provision of early childhood care and education services based on cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, an estimate of parental demand and choice preferences based on historic growth trends and current eligibility criteria, and an estimate of the number of slots to be added to support local or regional economic development efforts and public-private partnerships focused on increasing the supply of child care services, giving priority to localities or regions identified as child care deserts, as determined by the Department. The bill also contains several provisions relating to the use and appropriation of funds as applicable to such calculations, including (i) providing that the calculations shall not obligate the General Assembly to a specific appropriation, (ii) requiring the calculations to be used to provide information to guide the General Assembly in making decisions about the proportion of parental demand for and supply of early childhood care and education services to be addressed and level of appropriation required to address such demand, and (iii) providing that the annual overall funding available for slots shall be subject to appropriation as determined by the General Assembly. The bill also provides that if waitlists for slots at early childhood care and education sites remain, up to $5 million from prior-year unexpended state general funds appropriated for such purpose in a general appropriation act may be carried forward to the current fiscal year to temporarily provide additional slots during the current fiscal year solely to reduce or eliminate waitlists, unless the general appropriation act authorizes a greater amount to be carried forward and that such prior-year funds shall not be used to increase the base amount of funding required in the subsequent fiscal year and the Department shall monitor program utilization and attrition to ensure that no families will lose access at the end of the current fiscal year. Finally, the bill requires the Department to annually submit to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education and post on its website a report on the data used to calculate the minimum funding and number of slots for the calculations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 1208."
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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: "SB 134"
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citation: "Virginia SB 134 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b55ba3-1ecd-4bdf-bbbf-6f6c2aca97fd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB134"
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source_hash: "82bce8232ede9ea7ce3226fbabdb9224611e4e21ad780dc283da88b39a02e27e"
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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 SB 134 (2026) — Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report.
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Public education; early childhood care and education; child care access calculations; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and maintain calculations for the provision of early childhood care and education services based on cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, an estimate of parental demand and choice preferences based on historic growth trends and current eligibility criteria, and an estimate of the number of slots to be added to support local or regional economic development efforts and public-private partnerships focused on increasing the supply of child care services, giving priority to localities or regions identified as child care deserts, as determined by the Department. The bill also contains several provisions relating to the use and appropriation of funds as applicable to such calculations, including (i) providing that the calculations shall not obligate the General Assembly to a specific appropriation, (ii) requiring the calculations to be used to provide information to guide the General Assembly in making decisions about the proportion of parental demand for and supply of early childhood care and education services to be addressed and level of appropriation required to address such demand, and (iii) providing that the annual overall funding available for slots shall be subject to appropriation as determined by the General Assembly. The bill also provides that if waitlists for slots at early childhood care and education sites remain, up to $5 million from prior-year unexpended state general funds appropriated for such purpose in a general appropriation act may be carried forward to the current fiscal year to temporarily provide additional slots during the current fiscal year solely to reduce or eliminate waitlists, unless the general appropriation act authorizes a greater amount to be carried forward and that such prior-year funds shall not be used to increase the base amount of funding required in the subsequent fiscal year and the Department shall monitor program utilization and attrition to ensure that no families will lose access at the end of the current fiscal year. Finally, the bill requires the Department to annually submit to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education and post on its website a report on the data used to calculate the minimum funding and number of slots for the calculations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 1208.
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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/1082971.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171482.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217938.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211592.HTML)
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5. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211588.PDF)
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6. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104998.PDF)
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7. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139519.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214293.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **93–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **85–12** (pass) · lower
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102085D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-22** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Committee substitute printed 26105480D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB134)
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107527D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB134)
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Education and Health Substitute rejected
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- **2026-02-12** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108283D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB134)
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- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed House with substitute (93-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** House substitute rejected by Senate
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- **2026-03-02** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: Locke, Favola, Pillion
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- **2026-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-10** House Conferees: Sewell, Askew, Kent
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- **2026-03-14** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB134ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB134)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)
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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/18b55ba3-1ecd-4bdf-bbbf-6f6c2aca97fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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