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type: "Bill"
title: "Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status."
description: "Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "Virginia HB 125 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB125"
source_hash: "685fa260ad4a372a242cfc8dba9e0850a04841a33acc7b8ceee6826c0a5b23af"
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 125 (2026) — Public school teachers; reemployment of teacher who has not received continuing contract status.
Public school teachers; terms of employment; reemployment of teacher who has received continuing contract status; written notice required. Requires written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by the teacher by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law requires such written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract to be given by either the teacher or the school board by June 15 of each year. This bill is identical to SB 117.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082492.PDF)
2. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196664.HTML)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170633.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203379.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **2711** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **2416** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **097** (fail) · lower
- Insist & Request R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **91** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **156** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **6034** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **6234** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100316D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Education (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108218D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 11-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** House acceded to request
- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Reaser, McAuliff, Tata
- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Craig, VanValkenburg
- **2026-03-05** Conference Report released
- **2026-03-06** Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 1-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB125)
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 911 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/470a540a-d559-4619-9812-aa4122594215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).