---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local school boards; support services positions, licensed behavior analysts."
description: "Local school boards; support services positions; licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts. Includes licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts as support services positions in a local school division for the purposes of Title 22.1 (Education)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Virginia HB 1143 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a9819c-a4cb-4608-9a37-270fb8824c72"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1143"
source_hash: "6b0807adadebc4cc3b5fe577c2e52453a55973a35a05ed3dc43b34f70cb59263"
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 1143 (2020) — Local school boards; support services positions, licensed behavior analysts.

Local school boards; support services positions; licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts. Includes licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts as support services positions in a local school division for the purposes of Title 22.1 (Education).

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0635)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1143ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1143ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1143E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1143E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1143)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1143)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendments (18-Y 2-N) — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102097D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1143)
- **2020-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Education with amendments (18-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1143E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20102097D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1143E)
- **2020-02-18** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1143ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 635 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9a9819c-a4cb-4608-9a37-270fb8824c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).