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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teacher licensure by reciprocity; professional teacher's assessments, report."
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description: "Exempts from any professional teacher's assessment requirements any individual who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the division superintendent or the school board in the school division in which such individual is employed. The bill requires the Department of Education to analyze the current requirements for teacher licensure by reciprocity in the Commonwealth, including the statutory and regulatory requirements for such licensure, and report its findings, including any recommendations for changes to such requirements, to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2352"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2352 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-16"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d53cb0-2be2-4f3d-a40f-b9fa9cdceeeb"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2352"
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source_hash: "0840cc3885765494b098845c9d5d98a06de1aad27d3e165d5425f468ba127e7b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2352 (2017) — Teacher licensure by reciprocity; professional teacher's assessments, report.
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Exempts from any professional teacher's assessment requirements any individual who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the division superintendent or the school board in the school division in which such individual is employed. The bill requires the Department of Education to analyze the current requirements for teacher licensure by reciprocity in the Commonwealth, including the statutory and regulatory requirements for such licensure, and report its findings, including any recommendations for changes to such requirements, to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2017.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0688)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2352ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2352ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104878D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2352H1)
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4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103936D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2352)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **12–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **15–6** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **68–30** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103936D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104878D-H1
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- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2352H1
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- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d53cb0-2be2-4f3d-a40f-b9fa9cdceeeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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