Public schools; use of seclusion and restraint, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to require the Department of Education to take certain actions relating to the use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; report.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Department of Education; use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; certain actions; report. Requires the Department of Education to (i) provide to each local school board a link to or a copy of the Board of Education's Regulations Governing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Virginia and encourage each such board to fully comply with such regulations and (ii) submit to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 14, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 756 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Phillip A. Scott
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 96, N 1, X 2
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 40
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-03-06 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 14, N 1
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 90, X 3, N 7
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 20, X 1, N 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 10, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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