republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1516.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	SB 1516	Virginia SB 1516 (2017)	bill	Education	enacted	Richard H. Black	5	27	9	2017-01-19	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/328443fe-b225-45a1-bbe5-c2102f738bb7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1516	74f036e5700ff4abd059b84728e70cc796c5deca408b71d020e36fa92907dd9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1516 (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 (CHAP0629) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105396D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1516ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104995D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103450D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 0–40 (fail) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 7–6 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Black — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 17103450D introduction
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104995D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1516S1
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 17105396D-H1
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1516H1
• 2017-02-16 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-21 House insisted on substitute
• 2017-02-21 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-22 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (95-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 629 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/328443fe-b225-45a1-bbe5-c2102f738bb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).