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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virtual or online learning; development of guidelines and information, public health emergencies."
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description: "Department of Education; development of guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning; public health emergencies. Provides for the Department of Education to develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning. Such guidelines and information shall include (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the bill requires each K-12 school in the Commonwealth to include as a component of its annual safety audit a review of the school's plan for school closures during public health emergencies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to HB 2640."
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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: "SB 1380"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1380 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c569d90a-72e4-4977-8c56-40173fcbbcb9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1380"
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source_hash: "1fd4ec6186f91f1ec08e6c1e89513dc5a3d5f8e76c554945cf4eb25577f6e165"
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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 1380 (2025) — Virtual or online learning; development of guidelines and information, public health emergencies.
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Department of Education; development of guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning; public health emergencies. Provides for the Department of Education to develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual or online learning. Such guidelines and information shall include (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the bill requires each K-12 school in the Commonwealth to include as a component of its annual safety audit a review of the school's plan for school closures during public health emergencies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to HB 2640.
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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/1019600.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077481.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055756.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — 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 25104629D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1380)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1380ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1380)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 581 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581)
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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/c569d90a-72e4-4977-8c56-40173fcbbcb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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