HB 731 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.

Summary
Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements;assessments. Prohibits the Board of Education from includingin its regulations governing the award of a renewable license asa teacher any requirement that an individual take and receive a passingscore on any national or state-based communications and literacyassessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of sucha license. The bill also clarifies that the Board is not prohibitedfrom requiring any such individual to take and receive a passingscore on any other assessment as a condition of the initial awardor renewal of such a license.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER)
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Briana Sewell
Briana Sewell
DDemocratic
VA
25