# Virginia SB19: DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. Virginia SB19, DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mamie E. Locke (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB19-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB19 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-11-17 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) - Sponsor: Mamie E. Locke (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (144 yes, 64 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 HB 1499. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Parents get notice of explicit schoolwork: benefit, low. Virginia's education department must develop and share model policies, and school boards must adopt consistent policies that may go further. Parents must get notice identifying assigned materials with sexually explicit content and the specific subjects involved. Parents can review these materials a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mamie E. Locke (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-23 | House | Passed House | pass | 62 | 34 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 14 | 7 | | | 2026-01-27 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 21 | 18 | | | 2026-01-26 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-01-23 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-01-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 8 | 5 | 1 | ## Actions (29) - 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (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 (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB19) (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB19ER) (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Enrolled (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-02-23: Passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-23: Read third time (House) - 2026-02-20: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-18: Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) (House) - 2026-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB19) (Senate) - 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 (21-Y 18-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate (Senate) - 2026-01-26: Read second time (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 (8-Y 5-N 1-A) (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-11-17: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-11-17: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100692D (Senate) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217443.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217442.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-02-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177054.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177053.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-11-17: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081289.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081288.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/1217443.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217442.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177054.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177053.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081289.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081288.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-SB19-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).