---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools; dyslexia advisor."
description: "Requires one reading specialist employed by each local school board that employs a reading specialist to have training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder and to have an understanding of the definition of dyslexia and a working knowledge of several topics relating to dyslexia. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2395"
citation: "Virginia HB 2395 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin L. Cline"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a307dd-f0d2-4a47-a475-437ad88a1c54"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2395"
source_hash: "e059e2c02c7cf30a8c815cd2b9abd901615e70c188f4030346cb4386425cc308"
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 2395 (2017) — Public Schools; dyslexia advisor.

Requires one reading specialist employed by each local school board that employs a reading specialist to have training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder and to have an understanding of the definition of dyslexia and a working knowledge of several topics relating to dyslexia. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0626)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2395ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2395ER)
3. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105805D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2395H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104038D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2395)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 17104038D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2395E)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105595D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2395S1)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **13–2** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105595D-S1 — **1–96** (fail) · legislature
- Reported from Education with amendment — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benjamin L. Cline — primary (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17104038D `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Education Committee amendment rejected
- **2017-02-06** Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2395E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17104038D-E
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17105595D-S1
- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2395S1
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105595D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
- **2017-02-22** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105805D-H1
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46a307dd-f0d2-4a47-a475-437ad88a1c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).