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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction."
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description: "Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for a program of instruction on water safety to be provided as a part of any health education instruction provided to elementary school students. This bill is identical to HB 705."
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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 151"
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citation: "Virginia SB 151 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-07"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c086a63a-e94e-499a-b42e-beedb4948c86"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB151"
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source_hash: "0f80439fc90e6fe58020260fa06500c2ef7ab9687c387789c0bca250e3c89249"
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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 151 (2026) — Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.
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Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for a program of instruction on water safety to be provided as a part of any health education instruction provided to elementary school students. This bill is identical to HB 705.
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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/1083516.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216841.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179279.PDF)
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4. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177978.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198782.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **82–17** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christie New Craig — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102594D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-07** 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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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Committee substitute printed 26108226D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with substitute (82-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB151ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `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 205 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)
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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/c086a63a-e94e-499a-b42e-beedb4948c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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