Virginia Bill: HB 873

Bill Summary

HB 873 raises the minimum required physical activity time for public elementary students from 20 to 30 minutes per day and from 100 to 150 minutes per week. It also bars schools from prohibiting a student from participating in physical activity as a form of discipline, unless participation would pose a health or safety risk to that student.

Why It Matters to the Make America Healthy Again Movement

The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it builds more guaranteed movement into every elementary school day and protects activity time from being taken away as punishment, which aligns with MAHA’s view of daily physical activity as core health infrastructure, not a reward. By pushing Virginia toward 30 minutes of daily activity and 150 minutes per week, HB 873 moves schools closer to MAHA’s goal of making regular movement a non‑negotiable part of childhood rather than something squeezed out by testing and screens.