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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc."
+description: "Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1726"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1726 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9039f034-136e-4cb6-8b2a-2602c6f2c146"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1726"
+source_hash: "9f304981ccfa1033428679262940e87301185fc8439c91c1807da52adc17da33"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1726 (2023) — Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0453)
+2. **HB1726ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1726ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100892D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1726)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 23100892D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1726E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Head — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100892D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1726)
+- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
+- **2023-01-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1726E
+- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23100892D-E
+- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1726E)
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-21** Education and Health Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Finance and Appropriations Committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1726ER)
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9039f034-136e-4cb6-8b2a-2602c6f2c146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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