VA HB913 | 2026 | Regular Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Superintendent of Public Instruction; reverse certain recent actions and restore certain rescinded resources. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to reverse all actions previously taken by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or after January 15, 2022, pursuant to the then-current Governor's Executive Order One of January 15, 2022, to rescind certain policies, programs, and resources that promoted cultural competency, encouraged inclusion and belonging, educated about the history of slavery and the civil rights movement, and continued work to combat racism in the Commonwealth and to restore all such policies, programs, and resources, including the Department of Education's EdEquityVA website and all included and associated resources and certain other enumerated resources, including certain Superintendent's memos.
Title
Public Instruction, Superintendent of; reverse certain recent actions, etc.
Sponsors
| Del. Alfonso Lopez [D] | Del. Alex Askew [D] | Del. Betsy Carr [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-03-10 - Senate - Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-05 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - House - Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) (Y: 62 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - House - Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-05 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - House - Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) (Y: 62 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - House - Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) | |
| 2026-04-13 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/2026) | |
| 2026-03-31 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 | |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB913) |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB913ER) |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Enrolled |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-16 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB913) |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) |
| 2026-02-05 | House | Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2026-01-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2026-01-13 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103129D |
