# Virginia SB4: School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students.

Virginia SB4, School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Danica A. Roem (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-02-10 (Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB4-2026
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB4
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-17
- Last action: 2026-02-10, Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Sponsor: Danica A. Roem (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (29 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

School breakfast; availability at no cost to students. Requires each school board to require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make breakfast available to any student who requests such a meal at no cost to the student, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student. The bill requires the Department of Education to reimburse each public elementary and secondary school for each school breakfast served to a student, with a maximum of one breakfast per student per school day, and provides the formula for determining the state reimbursement rate for such meals. Finally, the bill repeals a provision of law relating to the federal School Breakfast Program that is rendered obsolete by the provisions of the bill.

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2026-02-10: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB4) (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (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 26100755D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-11-17: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081235.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081234.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
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081235.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081234.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-SB4-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).