---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual school programs; virtual administration of certain through-year growth assessments."
description: "Virtual school programs; virtual administration of certain through-year growth assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1820"
citation: "Virginia HB 1820 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avoli"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d170da78-cd19-495c-a8cb-7e6c1df5238a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1820"
source_hash: "9ee3473f6c64ff6b9b1637a18648f1e2582c05a77c9b81bb287978b3a3cccbbe"
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 1820 (2023) — Virtual school programs; virtual administration of certain through-year growth assessments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0524** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0524)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104713D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1820H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106034D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1820H2)
4. **Committee substitute printed 23106990D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1820S1)
5. **HB1820ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1820ER)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102551D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1820)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avoli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102551D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23104713D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1820)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1820H1)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106034D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Education substitute rejected 23104713D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23106034D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1820H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106990D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-21** Amendments by Senator Dunnavant agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1820S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 23106990D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1820ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d170da78-cd19-495c-a8cb-7e6c1df5238a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).