| 05/19/2026 | Vetoed by Governor | |||
| Senate | 05/19/2026 | Governor's Veto Received by Senate | ||
| 04/22/2026 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026 | |||
| Senate | 04/22/2026 | Communicated to Governor | ||
| Senate | 04/22/2026 | Passed by for the day (21-Y 18-N 0-A) | ||
| 04/14/2026 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate | |||
| 04/13/2026 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate | |||
| Senate | 04/02/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB494) | ||
| House | 03/31/2026 | Signed by Speaker | ||
| 03/31/2026 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 | |||
| Senate | 03/31/2026 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 | ||
| Senate | 03/30/2026 | Signed by President | ||
| Senate | 03/30/2026 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB494ER) | ||
| Senate | 03/30/2026 | Enrolled | ||
| House | 03/14/2026 | Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/14/2026 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) | ||
| House | 03/14/2026 | Passed by temporarily | ||
| 03/14/2026 | Conference Report released | |||
| House | 03/12/2026 | House Conferees: Franklin, L.V., Feggans, Austin | ||
| House | 03/12/2026 | House Conferees: Franklin of Montgomery, Carr, Zehr | ||
| House | 03/12/2026 | Conferees appointed by House | ||
| Senate | 03/12/2026 | Senate Conferees: Deeds, Locke, Surovell, Pillion | ||
| Senate | 03/12/2026 | Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/12/2026 | Conferees appointed by Senate | ||
| House | 03/11/2026 | House requested conference committee | ||
| House | 03/11/2026 | House insisted on substitute | ||
| Senate | 03/10/2026 | House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) | ||
| House | 03/09/2026 | Passed House with substitute (61-Y 35-N 0-A) | ||
| House | 03/09/2026 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute | ||
| House | 03/09/2026 | committee substitute agreed to | ||
| House | 03/09/2026 | Read third time | ||
| House | 03/06/2026 | Read second time | ||
| Senate | 03/05/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB494) | ||
| House | 03/04/2026 | Committee substitute printed 26108796D-H1 | ||
| House | 03/04/2026 | Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 6-N) | ||
| House | 03/04/2026 | Reported from Education with substitute | ||
| House | 03/02/2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | ||
| House | 03/02/2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) | ||
| House | 03/02/2026 | House subcommittee offered | ||
| House | 02/26/2026 | Assigned HED sub: Higher Education | ||
| House | 02/24/2026 | Referred to Committee on Education | ||
| House | 02/24/2026 | Read first time | ||
| House | 02/24/2026 | Placed on Calendar | ||
| Senate | 02/23/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB494) | ||
| Senate | 02/17/2026 | Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 02/16/2026 | Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 02/16/2026 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 02/16/2026 | Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 02/16/2026 | Read second time | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Passed by for the day | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Rules suspended | ||
| Senate | 02/13/2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 02/12/2026 | Committee substitute printed 26107584D-S1 | ||
| Senate | 02/12/2026 | Incorporates SB381 (Surovell) | ||
| Senate | 02/12/2026 | Senate committee offered | ||
| Senate | 02/12/2026 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 0-N 3-A) | ||
| Senate | 02/11/2026 | Senate subcommittee offered | ||
| Senate | 02/09/2026 | Senate subcommittee offered | ||
| Senate | 02/09/2026 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education | ||
| Senate | 02/04/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB494) | ||
| Senate | 01/13/2026 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health | ||
| Senate | 01/13/2026 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104667D |