HB1229
Public schools; use of seclusion and restraint, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Phillip Scott (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Education; use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; certain actions.
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 ... (More) regulations and (ii) submit to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2026, a detailed summary of the Department's current processes and procedures for enforcing such regulations. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101642D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107732D-H1
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/23/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1229)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109077D-S1
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1229)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
