VA SB 42

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School boards; payment of school meal debt.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did VA SB 42 pass?

The current status of VA SB 42 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-06): Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)

What is VA SB 42 about?

Department of Education; impact of requiring each school board to pay unpaid meal balance from uncollectible school meal debts; report. Directs the Department of Education to evaluate and submit to the chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2026, a report on the impact of requiring each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account.

Who sponsors VA SB 42?

Danica A. Roem is the primary sponsor of VA SB 42.

Description

Introduced: 2025-11-22
Latest action: 2026-03-06 — Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-11-22
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754D
filing,introduction
2025-11-22
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee
2026-01-15
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-29
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
2026-02-03
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-03
Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1
substitution
2026-02-04
Rules suspended
2026-02-04
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-04
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-05
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-05
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
2026-02-05
Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution
2026-02-06
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
2026-02-12
Placed on Calendar
2026-02-12
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-12
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
2026-02-25
Reported from Education and referred to Rules (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage
2026-03-01
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-03-02
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2026-03-06
Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)

Versions

School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt.Compare
Finance and Appropriations SubstituteCompare
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Documents

Votes

Reported from Education and Health
2026-01-22 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Mark J. Peake: no
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: not voting
- 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
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute
2026-02-03 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
Constitutional reading dispensed R
2026-02-04 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
Passage R
2026-02-06 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
Subcommittee recommends reporting
2026-02-24 · pass · 8-2
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: no
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: no
Reported from Education
2026-02-25 · pass · 16-6
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: 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: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: no
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
- Eric R. Zehr: no
- Hillary Pugh Kent: no
- Madison Whittle: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB42

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