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HB410Introduced in the House of Delegates

School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation.

Passed

Introduced by David Reid, District 28

What does this bill do?

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Official description

School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation. Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

7 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A) · March 10, 2026

85

Yes

12

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

How would you vote on this bill?

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See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101945D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)

  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)

  7. Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106314D-H1

  9. Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

  10. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

  11. Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote)

  12. House subcommittee offered

  13. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)

  14. Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  15. Committee substitute printed 26106839D-H2

  16. Read first time

  17. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)

  18. Read second time

  19. committee substitute rejected

  20. committee substitute agreed to

  21. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  22. Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A)

  23. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  24. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  25. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  26. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  27. Senate subcommittee offered

  28. Committee substitute printed 26108904D-S1

  29. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)

  30. Rules suspended

  31. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  32. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  33. Read third time

  34. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  35. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  36. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  37. Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A)

  38. Enrolled

  39. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER)

  40. Signed by President

  41. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)

  42. Signed by Speaker

  43. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  44. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  45. Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/2026)

  46. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)

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