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Bill School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted. School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to HB 1455. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 815 Virginia SB 815 (2026)
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Virginia SB 815 (2026) — School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted.

School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to HB 1455.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 350 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26104363D introduction
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB815)
  • 2026-02-05 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Blank Action
  • 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-03-04 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-09 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB815)
  • 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB815ER) passage
  • 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 522 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d605efa-d3d8-415c-8a59-2aa43047d64f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).