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type: "Bill"
title: "Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision."
description: "Renames the Commission on Civics Education as the Commission on Civic Education and extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2019, the expiration of such commission. This bill is identical"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1718"
citation: "Virginia HB 1718 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-07"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccf9c95-0cbd-446e-ba9a-3d6fb0c0aaa3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1718"
source_hash: "239265ee994d19efa57a7bde2c6e7cf429d49c802d1dae91d595acd802e0d8cd"
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 1718 (2017) — Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision.
Renames the Commission on Civics Education as the Commission on Civic Education and extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2019, the expiration of such commission. This bill is identical
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0145)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1718ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1718ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100762D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1718)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100762D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1718E)
## Votes
- Passed Senate — **381** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules with amendment — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **131** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100762D `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB1718E
- **2017-02-03** Printed as engrossed 17100762D-E
- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
- **2017-02-16** 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 145 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ccf9c95-0cbd-446e-ba9a-3d6fb0c0aaa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).