---
type: "Bill"
title: "State share for basic aid; duration of certain agreements."
description: "Provides that certain cost-savings agreements between school divisions will remain in effect until terminated by the school divisions. Under current law, such agreements are valid for a period of 15 years. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1807"
citation: "Virginia HB 1807 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dba571dd-f738-4142-b3aa-ebb633d1964e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1807"
source_hash: "f47adff259bf2491108a2990c01541d892362d53b43a91019d077f3cab66324b"
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 1807 (2019) — State share for basic aid; duration of certain agreements.

Provides that certain cost-savings agreements between school divisions will remain in effect until terminated by the school divisions. Under current law, such agreements are valid for a period of 15 years. 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 (CHAP0405)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0405)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1807AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1807)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1807ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1807ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100992D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1807)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1807E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107146D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1807S1)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107146D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100992D `introduction`
- **2018-12-28** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1807E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19100992D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19107146D-S1
- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1807S1
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107146D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dba571dd-f738-4142-b3aa-ebb633d1964e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).