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HB1503 • 2026

Public high school athletic coaches; guidance and resources on sickle cell trait.

An Act to require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo with guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on sickle cell trait.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hayes
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Public high school athletic coaches; guidance and resources on sickle cell trait.

High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources.

What This Bill Does

  • High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources.
  • Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo no later than the start of the 2026–2027 school year containing guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on risks and strategies for student-athletes with sickle cell trait.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 869 (effective 7/1/2026)

  2. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869)

  3. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869)

  4. 2026-03-25 House

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026

  5. 2026-03-25 Governor

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  6. 2026-03-16 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)

  7. 2026-03-14 House

    Signed by Speaker

  8. 2026-03-14 Senate

    Signed by President

  9. 2026-03-14 House

    Enrolled

  10. 2026-03-14 House

    Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1503ER)

  11. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Read third time

  12. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. 2026-03-06 Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. 2026-03-06 Senate

    Passed by for the day

  15. 2026-03-06 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. 2026-03-06 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  17. 2026-03-05 Education and Health

    Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  18. 2026-02-26 Public Education

    Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  19. 2026-02-23 Education

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)

  20. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  21. 2026-02-18 Education and Health

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  22. 2026-02-17 House

    Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A)

  23. 2026-02-16 House

    Read second time

  24. 2026-02-16 House

    committee substitute agreed to

  25. 2026-02-16 House

    Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  26. 2026-02-13 House

    Read first time

  27. 2026-02-11 Education

    Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N)

  28. 2026-02-11 Education

    Committee substitute printed 26107579D-H1

  29. 2026-02-10 K-12 Subcommittee

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

  30. 2026-02-10 K-12 Subcommittee

    House subcommittee offered

  31. 2026-02-05 K-12 Subcommittee

    Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  32. 2026-02-04 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1503)

  33. 2026-01-23 House

    Presented and ordered printed 26105333D

  34. 2026-01-23 Education

    Referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources.
Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo no later than the start of the 2026–2027 school year containing guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on risks and strategies for student-athletes with sickle cell trait.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a Superintendent's memo with guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on sickle cell trait.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. No later than the start of the 2026–2027 school year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue a Superintendent's memo that contains guidance and resources for public high school athletic coaches on (i) sickle cell trait and who it affects, (ii) the risk factors for public high school student-athletes with sickle cell trait during athletic activity, (iii) the warning signs of complications from sickle cell trait, (iv) sickle cell trait emergency response protocols, and (v) the complication prevention strategies for public high school student-athletes with sickle cell trait.