HB705
Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Cliff Hayes (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) provided to elementary school students. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103870D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107000D-H1
- 02/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 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 (82-Y 16-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
