Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to require the Board of Education to include a program of instruction on water safety in its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 HB 705.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 7, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 205 (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
Christie New Craig
Recorded votes
House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
Passed House with substitute (82-Y 17-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 82, N 17
Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 17, N 5
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 9, N 1
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-23 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-01-22 · P · Y 14, 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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