# Virginia SB151: Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.

Virginia SB151, Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Christie New Craig (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB151
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)
- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 9 (240 yes, 23 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. Requires the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for a program of instruction on water safety to be provided as a part of any health education instruction provided to elementary school students. This bill is identical to HB 705.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Water safety lessons for elementary students: benefit, low. If you have a child in a Virginia public elementary school, they get water safety lessons in health class. The Board of Education must create and share water-safety teaching guidelines with every school board. This happens during the Board’s next regular update of the Health Education Standards and…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | House | Passed House with substitute | pass | 82 | 17 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | House | Reported from Education with substitute | pass | 17 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 9 | 1 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-23 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 14 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205) (Governor)
- 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB151ER) (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-04: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Passed House with substitute (82-Y 17-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-03-02: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-03-02: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-03-02: Read third time (House)
- 2026-02-27: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-25: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Committee substitute printed 26108226D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) (House)
- 2026-02-24: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-02-03: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-02-03: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-27: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Read second time (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB151) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102594D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216842.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216841.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198783.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198782.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179280.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179279.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177979.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177978.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083517.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083516.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/1216842.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216841.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198783.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198782.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179280.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179279.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177979.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177978.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083517.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083516.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-SB151-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).