---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary school teachers; temporary employment, training activities, report."
description: "Public elementary and secondary school teachers; temporary employment, training activities, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2457"
citation: "Virginia HB 2457 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batten"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20858ba3-f209-4961-af69-4eb418c064ca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2457"
source_hash: "db1174eec422f7e3bbf619c1829e2e86467c29584b10bc3593f79e9af80b86ae"
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 2457 (2023) — Public elementary and secondary school teachers; temporary employment, training activities, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0641** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0641)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105363D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2457H1)
3. **Floor substitute printed 23106769D-S1 (DeSteph)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2457S1)
4. **HB2457ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2457ER)
5. **HB2457S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2457S2)
6. **Presented and ordered printed 23105017D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2457)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23105017D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2457)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105363D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2457H1)
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105363D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2457H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment by Senator Hashmi withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-02-14** Floor substitute printed 23106769D-S1 (DeSteph)
- **2023-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2457S1)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Floor substitute printed 23107102D-S2 (Hashmi)
- **2023-02-17** Substitute by Senator DeSteph withdrawn 23106769D-S1 `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-17** Substitute by Senator Hashmi agreed to 23107102D-S2
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2457S2
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2457S2)
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107102D-S2 (98-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2457ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2457ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20858ba3-f209-4961-af69-4eb418c064ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).