HB 1387 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Teaching licenses; automatic revocation upon certain convictions.

Summary
Board of Education; automatic revocation of teaching licenses upon certain convictions. Requires the Board of Education to automatically revoke the teaching license of a license holder upon receiving a record of the license holder's conviction of a felony and order to register under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. The bill provides that any such revocation applies to any active teaching license and to any inactive teaching license if such license was active at the time that the offense occurred. The bill provides that no such license holder whose teaching license has been so revoked is entitled to a hearing but that the license may be reinstated by the Board if the license holder's conviction is overturned on appeal and the Board is satisfied that reinstatement is in the best interest of the public schools of the Commonwealth.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 311 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding teacher licensure, including automatic revocation for felony convictions and new training requirements, remains unchanged from the enrolled version.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to govern teacher licensure and revocation procedures in Virginia.
TECHNICAL

The text was converted from a standard legislative draft format to the official 'Chaptered' format, which includes the chapter number (Chapter 311), the specific approval date (April 6, 2026), and adjusted spacing for publication.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Mar 6, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1387ER)
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26105617D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mike Cherry
Mike Cherry
RRepublican
VA
74