republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1592.md

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Bill	Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit.	Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1592	Virginia HB 1592 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally	enacted	Matthew James	3	15	6	2017-01-02	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/5e500168-59ce-423b-8cad-1bd2593c58d7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1592	e7ae5ffe8e8090eb92316f9248ceb8fe5352a7f25c9fa84cd592533e90a1f3b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1592 (2017) — Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit.

Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. 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 (CHAP0130) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1592ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101280D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Matthew James — primary (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101280D introduction
• 2017-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e500168-59ce-423b-8cad-1bd2593c58d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).