# Virginia HB139: School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers. Virginia HB139, School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB139-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB139 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-05 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563) - Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (150 yes, 70 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers; purchase of service credit. Requires each school board to adopt a policy to approve unpaid educational leave for school board employees who are state employee association executive officers and for up to two school board employees who are local employee association officers for a maximum of four years per officer. The bill permits employee association officers approved for such leave to purchase service credit with the Virginia Retirement System for such period of leave. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Unpaid leave and pension options for officers: mixed, low. Virginia school boards must adopt policies approving unpaid educational leave for school employees who are employee association officers. This covers state association executive officers and up to two local association officers. Each officer can take up to four years of leave, without wages during… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (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 | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 9 | 6 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 62 | 35 | | | 2026-01-28 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 14 | 7 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 7 | 3 | | ## Actions (31) - 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563) (Governor) - 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (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) - 2026-03-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139) (House) - 2026-03-06: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB139ER) (House) - 2026-03-06: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-06: 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) - 2026-02-04: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139) (House) - 2026-02-03: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-02: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2026-02-02: committee amendments agreed to (House) - 2026-02-02: Read second time (House) - 2026-01-30: Read first time (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) (House) - 2026-01-28: House committee offered (House) - 2026-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) (House) - 2026-01-23: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-13: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB139) (House) - 2026-01-05: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-05: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100531D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218657.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218656.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193890.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193889.PDF) - Engrossed, 2026-02-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100100.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100099.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098875.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100050.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082570.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082569.PDF) ## Related bills - 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/1218657.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218656.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193890.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193889.PDF) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100100.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100099.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098875.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100050.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082570.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082569.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) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB139-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).