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type: "Bill"
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title: "School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents."
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description: "School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1278."
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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 685"
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citation: "Virginia SB 685 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9b492d6-5d01-4037-817a-ba861f08a38c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB685"
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source_hash: "7817eced0f65be95cca28894688d8e75a9f15834d69649ebfe9bc653f1b18e95"
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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 685 (2026) — School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents.
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School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1278.
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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/1091951.PDF)
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2. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211566.HTML)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179286.PDF)
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4. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105040.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139802.PDF)
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6. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177985.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214561.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **25–14** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–33** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **66–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104840D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685)
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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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 Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
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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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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685)
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Committee substitute printed 26108227D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB685)
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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 (66-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Favola, Craig
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- **2026-03-11** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-11** House Conferees: Reaser, Cohen, Tata
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 33-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 (SB685ER) `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 (SB685)
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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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 765 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/f9b492d6-5d01-4037-817a-ba861f08a38c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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