STATE BILLVA SB 42ENGROSSED

School boards; payment of school meal debt.

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.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 5, 2026; 280 days ago
Current chamber: House of Delegates
Session: 2027 Regular Session

VA SB 42 · EngrossedFeb 5

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Bill details

Last action: Continued from last session · Jul 21, 2026
Pending committee: Rules

Sponsor

DRDanica RoemSenator · Democrat · SD-030Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Jul 21, 2026Continued from last sessionHouse

Mar 6, 2026Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)House

Mar 2, 2026Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)House

Mar 1, 2026Assigned HRUL sub: Studies SubcommitteeHouse

Feb 25, 2026Reported from Education and referred to Rules (16-Y 6-N)House

Feb 24, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)House

Feb 12, 2026Referred to Committee on EducationHouse

Feb 12, 2026Read first timeHouse

Show 16 earlier actions

Feb 12, 2026Placed on CalendarHouse

Feb 11, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)Senate

Feb 6, 2026Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate

Feb 5, 2026Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)Senate

Feb 5, 2026Courts of Justice Substitute agreed toSenate

Feb 5, 2026Read second timeSenate

Feb 4, 2026Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)Senate

Feb 4, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate

Feb 4, 2026Rules suspendedSenate

Feb 3, 2026Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1Senate

Feb 3, 2026Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Senate

Jan 29, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)Senate

Jan 22, 2026Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Senate

Jan 15, 2026Assigned Education sub: Public EducationSenate

Nov 22, 2025Referred to Committee on Education and HealthSenate

Nov 22, 2025Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754DSenate

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