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Wednesday, February 18, 2026·18m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Virginia House Committee on Education convened after crossover to consider six Senate bills, most of which were identical or similar to House bills already passed by the committee. All six bills were reported out of committee, with votes ranging from unanimous to partisan splits.

Key Actions

·SB 19 – Identical to House Bill 1499No Vote

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Notable Quotes

“Welcome to this side of crossover. It's good to see you all. We survived and here we are. So now we will welcome our esteemed friends from the Senate as we consider a variety of their policies.”

Chair (name not stated in transcript) — The Chair opened the post-crossover hearing at which the House Education Committee took up Senate bills, many identical or similar to House bills the committee had already considered.

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Votes

Report SB 19 (identical to HB 1499)Passed
Conform SB 117 with substitute (HB 125 language)No Vote
Report SB 117 with substitute as conformedPassed
Conform SB 203 to HB 332 languageNo Vote
Report SB 203 with substitutePassed
Report SB 242 (identical to HB 423)No Vote
Report SB 431 (identical to HB 1040)Passed
Report SB 785 (identical to HB 1437)Passed
Motion to adjournNo Vote
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TranscriptPreview
Good morning. The House committee on Education will come to order. Clerk shall take the role. Quorum is present. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this side of crossover. It's good to see you all. We survived and here we are. So now we will welcome our esteemed friends from the Senate as we consider a variety of their policies. But this morning, the policies that are before us are mainly identical bills or bills that we will be conforming as we move forward. So we're trying to get some of those in and out of committee. What we'll do is have council might report some of these, but only when needed. And we'll just run down the list very quickly. Should there be any questions, feel free to chime in. So first we have Senate Bill 19 by Senator Locke, which is identical to House Bill 1499 by Delegate LeVier Bolling. That bill did pass out of the education committee 14 to 7. So largely upon partisan lines. Do we have a motion? Second motion has been made and properly seconded to report Senate Bill 19, which is identical to House Bill 1499. Members, please cast your vote. The clerk…
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