# Virginia SB1017: School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt. Virginia SB1017, School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Danica A. Roem (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-04-02 (Senate sustained Governor's veto) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1017-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB1017 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt. - Status: to governor - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-04-02, Senate sustained Governor's veto - Sponsor: Danica A. Roem (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (196 yes, 60 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary School boards; powers and duties; school meal policies; payment of school meal debt. Requires each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance, resulting from uncollectable school meal debts on any student account, on the nonprofit school food service account for each public elementary or secondary school in the school division using any appropriated nonfederal funds, except that each school board is prohibited from requiring any public elementary or secondary school in the school division from paying for or providing any funds to pay for such school's unpaid school meal balance. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill in order to pay these unpaid balances at the end of each school year. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Danica A. Roem (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | House Amendments agreed to by Senate | pass | 35 | 4 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Passed House with amendments | pass | 58 | 39 | | | 2025-02-17 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 13 | 9 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2025-01-28 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 35 | 4 | | | 2025-01-24 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-01-23 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 13 | 2 | | ## Actions (33) - 2025-04-02: Senate sustained Governor's veto (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Vetoed by Governor (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1017) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1017ER) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-20: House Amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Passed House with amendments (58-Y 39-N) (House) - 2025-02-20: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2025-02-20: Education Amendments agreed to (House) - 2025-02-20: Read third time (House) - 2025-02-19: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-17: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) (House) - 2025-02-11: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) (House) - 2025-02-10: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-03: Read first time (House) - 2025-02-03: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2025-01-28: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Engrossed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Read second time (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1017) (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101833D (Senate) ## Bill text - Veto Explanation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074023.HTML) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068573.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068572.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-02-20: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064084.HTML) - Amendment, 2025-02-17: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054446.HTML) - Amendment, 2025-02-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052475.HTML) - Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017528.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017527.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Veto Explanation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074023.HTML) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068573.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068572.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064084.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054446.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052475.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017528.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017527.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [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-SB1017-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).