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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions, public; reasonable accommodations for religious beliefs, etc."
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description: "Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students. Requires each public institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations, as defined in the bill, for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments and to provide and describe in the institution's student handbook or an equivalent document and in the institution's faculty handbook or an equivalent document a grievance procedure for any student to seek redress when the student believes that he has been unreasonably denied such reasonable accommodations for his religious beliefs and practices."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 131"
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citation: "Virginia HB 131 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-03"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/803f1133-f176-4730-a570-dd29570dcf5e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB131"
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source_hash: "552f98767095551a286789b4035e8dd6a860d422e3209613d29599d9b58d4899"
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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 131 (2026) — Higher educational institutions, public; reasonable accommodations for religious beliefs, etc.
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Public institutions of higher education; reasonable accommodations for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students. Requires each public institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations, as defined in the bill, for the religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments and to provide and describe in the institution's student handbook or an equivalent document and in the institution's faculty handbook or an equivalent document a grievance procedure for any student to seek redress when the student believes that he has been unreasonably denied such reasonable accommodations for his religious beliefs and practices.
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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/1082525.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216263.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193874.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **94–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104369D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131)
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB131)
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)
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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/803f1133-f176-4730-a570-dd29570dcf5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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