---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institution, public; course credit earned through internships required."
description: "Higher educational institution, public; course credit earned through internships required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1280"
citation: "Virginia SB 1280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnavant"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d640be4-f2a6-4115-82af-4ef0e94b72cf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1280"
source_hash: "45ba3a780ead96426394fa227dad9491c38f3a38476d91e38a53b0b58e8d7254"
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 SB 1280 (2023) — Higher educational institution, public; course credit earned through internships required.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0758)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105969D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1280S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106719D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1280H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101497D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1280)
5. **SB1280ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1280ER)
6. **SB1280ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1280ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101497D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1280)
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105969D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105969D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1280S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1280S1)
- **2023-02-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106719D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1280H1)
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23106719D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1280H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with substitute (49-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106719D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1280ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1280ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 43-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1280ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 758 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d640be4-f2a6-4115-82af-4ef0e94b72cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).