---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children of certain federal employees; educational opportunities."
description: "Children of certain federal employees; educational opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1929"
citation: "Virginia HB 1929 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durant"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e194f399-d678-4a07-b3c4-0076a029f74a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1929"
source_hash: "7a1207080cce807b774245fb58efe9a888c2cde5d2278af3512e43fb28486d80"
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 1929 (2023) — Children of certain federal employees; educational opportunities.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0783)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107655D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1929H1)
3. **HB1929ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1929ER)
4. **HB1929ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1929ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101375D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1929)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Durant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101375D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1929)
- **2023-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1929ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1929ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-24** Governor's substitute printed 23107655D-H1
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1929ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e194f399-d678-4a07-b3c4-0076a029f74a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).