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HB462Introduced in the House of Delegates

Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.

Passed

Introduced by Laura Jane Cohen, District 15

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) · March 4, 2026

64

Yes

33

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.

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 26101365D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)

  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)

  7. Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)

  8. Reconsidered by Education

  9. Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)

  10. Committee substitute printed 26106279D-H1

  11. Read first time

  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)

  13. Read second time

  14. committee substitute agreed to

  15. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  16. Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)

  17. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  18. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  19. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  20. Senate subcommittee offered

  21. Senate committee offered

  22. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 0-N 4-A)

  23. Committee substitute printed 26108313D-S1

  24. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)

  25. Rules suspended

  26. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

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

  28. Read third time

  29. Education and Health Substitute agreed to

  30. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  31. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  32. Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)

  33. Enrolled

  34. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB462ER)

  35. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)

  36. Signed by President

  37. Signed by Speaker

  38. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

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

  40. Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/2026)

  41. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)

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