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type: "Bill"
title: "Family life education programs; materials, summaries."
description: "Family life education programs; materials; summaries.Requires the summary of each family life education program thatis provided to the parents of students who participate in such programto include a complete description of the process for parental reviewof program materials. The bill requires each local school board topost for public viewing on the local school division's official websiteeach such summary, a complete copy of all printed family life educationprogram materials, and a description of all family life education program audio-visual materials. The bill requires each local schoolboard to implement the foregoing provisions no later than the startof the 2020-2021 school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1394"
citation: "Virginia HB 1394 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf27660-d804-466b-9af8-0480e1bd67fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1394"
source_hash: "c522bb39afd0876515f678eb3bbc22cfdb70d5756eb9df4d3a4cb400883a08ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1394 (2020) — Family life education programs; materials, summaries.
Family life education programs; materials; summaries.Requires the summary of each family life education program thatis provided to the parents of students who participate in such programto include a complete description of the process for parental reviewof program materials. The bill requires each local school board topost for public viewing on the local school division's official websiteeach such summary, a complete copy of all printed family life educationprogram materials, and a description of all family life education program audio-visual materials. The bill requires each local schoolboard to implement the foregoing provisions no later than the startof the 2020-2021 school year.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0689)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1394ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1394ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1394EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1394EH1)
4. **HB1394H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1394H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1394)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1394)
## Votes
- Amendment by Senator McCLellan agreed to (21-Y 18-N) — **2118** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **62** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 1-N) — **921** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 3-N) — **123** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N) — **7523** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **175** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104014D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1394)
- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106144D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-28** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 20106144D-H1
- **2020-01-29** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-01-29** Amendment by Delegate Leftwich agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1394EH1
- **2020-01-29** Printed as engrossed 20106144D-EH1
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1394EH1)
- **2020-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-24** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-26** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-27** Amendment by Senator McCLellan agreed to (21-Y 18-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1394ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf27660-d804-466b-9af8-0480e1bd67fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).