republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-117.md

---
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 HB 125."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Virginia SB 117 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c747265-70a9-462e-8fe5-22a67d7c24bd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB117"
source_hash: "642ad8249eed944fc44d9ca6125db949832964a0bebce1e47f35634d4149e3f4"
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 SB 117 (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 HB 125.

## 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/1082910.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217526.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169172.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182085.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **62–34** (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute — **15–6** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100639D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB117)
- **2026-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate
- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** House committee offered
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute printed 26107953D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB117)
- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Passed House with substitute (62-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** House substitute agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB117ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB117)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c747265-70a9-462e-8fe5-22a67d7c24bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).