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HB705Introduced in the House of Delegates

Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.

Passed

Introduced by C.E. Hayes, District 91

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for a program of instruction on water safety to be provided as a part of any health education instruction provided to elementary school students. This bill is identical to SB 151.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 13, 2026

39

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103870D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)

  4. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  5. House subcommittee offered

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

  7. Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107000D-H1

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)

  10. Read first time

  11. Read second time

  12. committee substitute agreed to

  13. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  14. Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N 0-A)

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  16. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

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

  18. Senate committee offered

  19. Committee substitute printed 26108241D-S1

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  22. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)

  24. Read third time

  25. Education and Health Substitute agreed to

  26. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  27. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  28. Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A)

  29. Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. Senate requested conference committee

  31. House acceded to request

  32. Conferees appointed by House

  33. House Conferees: Hayes, Simonds, Kilgore

  34. Conferees appointed by Senate

  35. Senate Conferees: Perry, Pekarsky, Craig

  36. Conference Report released

  37. Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 17-N 0-A)

  38. Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  39. Enrolled

  40. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB705ER)

  41. Signed by President

  42. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)

  43. Signed by Speaker

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

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

  46. Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/2026)

  47. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)

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