JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 726, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (24108379D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Line 64, engrossed, after secondary school

strike

or

insert

, [a comma]

2. Line 64, engrossed, after board

insert

, or local health department

3. Line 441, engrossed, after the

strike

2026–2027

insert

2025–2026

Respectfully submitted,

Senator Todd E. Pillion

Senator Schuyler T. VanValkenburg

Senator Lamont Bagby

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Delegate Briana D. Sewell

Delegate David A. Reid

Delegate Nicholas J. Freitas

Conferees on the part of the House