# Virginia HB1113: Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

Virginia HB1113, Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by May Nivar (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0936)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1113-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1113
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0936)
- Sponsor: May Nivar (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (168 yes, 69 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies. Requires, no later than October 1, 2027, the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division and permits any school board to develop and adopt policies in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Guidance for culturally responsive school mental health: benefit, low. The Virginia Department of Education must write and adopt guidance for schools by October 1, 2027. It must send this guidance to every local school board. Local boards may create policies that follow this guidance. The focus is mental health help that fits students’ cultures and languages. The law…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: May Nivar (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 21 | 19 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 9 | 6 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 60 | 34 |   |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 19 | 3 |   |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-02 | House | Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations | pass | 15 | 7 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0936) (Governor)
- 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 936 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1113) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1113ER) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-09: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Read third time and passed House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-12: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-11: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-09: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-09: Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N) (House)
- 2026-02-04: Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (House)
- 2026-02-02: Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1113) (House)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-01-14: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102765D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224741.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224740.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194559.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194558.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087474.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087473.PDF)

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- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224741.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224740.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194559.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194558.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087474.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087473.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1113-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).