VA HB 786
Status unknownSchool bds.; authority to prohibit sale of caffeinated beverages to students in public high schools.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did VA HB 786 pass?
The current status of VA HB 786 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-05): Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
What is VA HB 786 about?
School boards; authority to prohibit sale of caffeinated beverages to students in public high schools. Permits any school board to prohibit the sale of caffeinated beverages to students in public high schools in the local school division, regardless of whether any such beverage meets the requirements to be considered a diet or low-calorie beverage under any relevant federal regulation.
Who sponsors VA HB 786?
Terry L. Austin is the primary sponsor of VA HB 786, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
School boards; authority to prohibit sale of caffeinated beverages to students in public high schools. Permits any school board to prohibit the sale of caffeinated beverages to students in public high schools in the local school division, regardless of whether any such beverage meets the requirements to be considered a diet or low-calorie beverage under any relevant federal regulation.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-03-05 — Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Terry L. Austinprimary
- JJ Singhcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-05
Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-26
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-18
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB786)
2026-02-17
Passed House (83-Y 13-N 1-A)
passage
2026-02-17
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (94-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-17
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
2026-02-17
Delegate Austin Floor substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-17
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Delegate Austin substitute bill reprinted 26108107D
2026-02-17
Engrossment reconsidered by House
2026-02-17
Floor offered Delegate Austin Substitute
2026-02-17
Floor substitute printed 26108107D-H2 (Austin)
2026-02-16
Read second time and engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-13
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-11
Reported from Education (15-Y 5-N 1-A)
committee-passage
2026-02-03
Rereferred to Education
referral-committee
2026-02-03
Motion to rerefer to Education agreed to
2026-02-02
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
2026-02-02
Delegate Austin Floor substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-02
committee amendment rejected
amendment-failure
2026-02-02
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-02
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB786)
2026-02-02
Floor offered Delegate Austin Substitute
2026-02-02
Floor substitute printed 26106742D-H1 (Austin)
2026-01-30
Read first time
reading-1
2026-01-28
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-27
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2026-01-23
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-19
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB786)
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101685D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
2026-01-27 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
Reported from Education with amendment(s)
2026-01-28 · pass · 20-1
Member-level votes (22)
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: not voting
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: no
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
- Madison Whittle: yes
Reported from Education
2026-02-11 · pass · 15-5
Member-level votes (22)
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: not voting
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: no
- Anne Ferrell Tata: no
- Phillip A. Scott: no
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: no
- Hillary Pugh Kent: abstain
- Madison Whittle: no
H VOTE:
2026-02-17 · pass · 93-0
Member-level votes (99)
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: not voting
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: not voting
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Karen Hamilton: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Dan I. Helmer: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: not voting
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
- Joseph P. McNamara: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- Justin Pence: yes
- Eric Phillips: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: not voting
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Don Scott: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Irene Shin: yes
- Marcus B. Simon: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Madison Whittle: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: yes
- Tony O. Wilt: yes
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: yes
Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health
2026-03-05 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Tara A. Durant: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
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