republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2395.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public Schools; dyslexia advisor.	Requires one reading specialist employed by each local school board that employs a reading specialist to have training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder and to have an understanding of the definition of dyslexia and a working knowledge of several topics relating to dyslexia. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2395	Virginia HB 2395 (2017)	bill	Education	enacted	Benjamin L. Cline	6	33	12	2017-01-18	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/46a307dd-f0d2-4a47-a475-437ad88a1c54	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2395	e059e2c02c7cf30a8c815cd2b9abd901615e70c188f4030346cb4386425cc308	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2395 (2017) — Public Schools; dyslexia advisor.

Requires one reading specialist employed by each local school board that employs a reading specialist to have training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder and to have an understanding of the definition of dyslexia and a working knowledge of several topics relating to dyslexia. 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 (CHAP0626) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2395ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Conference substitute printed 17105805D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Presented and ordered printed 17104038D (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Printed as engrossed 17104038D-E (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105595D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 96–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 13–2 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute rejected by House 17105595D-S1 — 1–96 (fail) · legislature
• Reported from Education with amendment — 20–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 92–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Benjamin L. Cline — primary (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 17104038D introduction
• 2017-01-18 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Education Committee amendment rejected
• 2017-02-06 Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2395E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17104038D-E
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 17105595D-S1
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2395S1
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 17105595D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
• 2017-02-22 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference substitute printed 17105805D-H1
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46a307dd-f0d2-4a47-a475-437ad88a1c54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).