HB462
Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Laura Jane Cohen (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Health education; health care literacy instruction.
Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to require in grades nine and 10 health care literacy instruction for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and to consider certain ... (More) enumerated topics and content for inclusion in such instruction. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101365D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reconsidered by Education
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106279D-H1
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 0-N 4-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108313D-S1
- 02/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/04/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB462ER)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB462)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
