Bill Sponsor
Virginia Senate Bill 42
Session 2026
School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt.
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Feb 6, 2026
First Action
Nov 22, 2025
Latest Action
Feb 6, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
42
State
Virginia
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Summary
A BILL to require the Department of Education to evaluate the impact of requiring each school board to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account at the end of the school year; report. School boards; powers and duties; school meal policies; payment of school meal debt. Requires each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit school food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectable school meal debts on any student account using any appropriated nonfederal funds, except that each school board is prohibited from requiring any public elementary or secondary school in the school division from paying for or providing any funding to pay for such school's unpaid school meal balance. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill in order to pay these unpaid balances at the end of each school year.
Documents (1)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
Actions (14)
02/06/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
02/05/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
02/05/2026
Senate
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
02/05/2026
Senate
Read second time
02/04/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
02/04/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
02/04/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
02/03/2026
Senate
Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1
02/03/2026
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
01/29/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
01/22/2026
Senate
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
01/15/2026
Senate
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
11/22/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
11/22/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754D
Sources
Record Created
Dec 14, 2025 3:02:39 PM
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2026 9:34:18 PM