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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teachers; daily student attendance records."
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description: "Public schools; record of student attendance. Requires a teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth to keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period. Current law requires such a daily record of attendance but is silent on records of attendance for each class period."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2601"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2601 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc48aa7-9de2-438d-bfb5-1ec94366077d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2601"
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source_hash: "fe9adb2bc93e692909bd87838c49d2d04f6c7eac858fea5009fc1771ccd3962e"
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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 HB 2601 (2025) — Teachers; daily student attendance records.
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Public schools; record of student attendance. Requires a teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth to keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period. Current law requires such a daily record of attendance but is silent on records of attendance for each class period.
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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/1019155.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037766.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072412.PDF)
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4. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031216.PDF)
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5. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052560.HTML)
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6. **Education and Health Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051907.HTML)
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7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037967.PDF)
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8. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059915.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1065094.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103035D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2601)
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- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106064D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 3-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Education Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25106064D-EH1
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2601)
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2601ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2601)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)
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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/0bc48aa7-9de2-438d-bfb5-1ec94366077d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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