# Virginia HB1499: DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. Virginia HB1499, DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1499-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1499 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-23 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321) - Sponsor: Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (152 yes, 68 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Department of Education; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content; applicability; construction. Amends current law requiring the Department of Education to develop model policies and each school board to adopt policies consistent with the Department's model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content by (i) defining "instructional material" as any material, regardless of its format, assigned and provided to a student by a public school teacher directly for the completion of an assignment or curricular objective and clarifying that "instructional material" does not include any book or audiovisual material available in a public school library unless specifically required or assigned by a public school teacher directly for completion of an assignment or curricular objective and (ii) providing that nothing in the applicable law or any model policy or amendments thereto adopted by the Department or any policy or amendments thereto adopted by a school board pursuant to the applicable law shall be (a) construed to permit the censoring of books in any public elementary or secondary school or (b) utilized as a rationale or basis for the removal of books from any public elementary or secondary school. This bill is identical to SB 19. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Parents can review sexually explicit materials: benefit, low. Virginia's education department must provide model policies for notifying parents and identifying specific instructional materials and sexually explicit subjects. Public school boards must adopt matching policies, but can make them more comprehensive. Parents can review these materials and request… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 20 | 18 | | | 2026-02-20 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-20 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 9 | 5 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 62 | 35 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 14 | 7 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 7 | 3 | | ## Actions (26) - 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 321 (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) - 2026-02-25: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1499) (House) - 2026-02-25: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1499ER) (House) - 2026-02-25: Enrolled (House) - 2026-02-25: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-02-23: Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1499) (House) - 2026-02-10: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-09: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2026-02-06: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-04: Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) (House) - 2026-02-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) (House) - 2026-02-02: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-23: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-23: Presented and ordered printed 26101382D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217427.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217426.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-02-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177968.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177967.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-23: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095947.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095946.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/1217427.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217426.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177968.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177967.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095947.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095946.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-HB1499-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).