Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Board of Education to require health literacy instruction in grades nine and 10 and remove any duplicative or outdated health instruction in the next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction.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 
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 12, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 799 (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
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Laura Jane CohenNicole Cole
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 64, N 33, X 2
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 0-N 4-A)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 10, A 4, X 1
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 64, N 34, X 2
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-04 · P · Y 14, X 1, N 7
Reported from Education with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-02 · P · Y 17, N 5
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 9, N 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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