---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary school teachers; calculations for competitive compensation."
description: "Public elementary and secondary school teachers; calculations for competitive compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1215"
citation: "Virginia SB 1215 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d4e9eb2-684f-47ad-b611-455ddde21a2a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1215"
source_hash: "850a1392a7b53e8520773b6078de71e5989c6d96fff86bbcffbb388b7eb4e826"
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 1215 (2023) — Public elementary and secondary school teachers; calculations for competitive compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0725** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0725)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106466D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1215H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102903D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1215)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102903D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1215E)
5. **SB1215ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1215ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102903D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1215)
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1215E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23102903D-E
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute printed 23106466D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1215H1)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106466D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1215H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106466D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1215ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1215ER)
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on amendments
- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d4e9eb2-684f-47ad-b611-455ddde21a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).