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Bill 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 to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 840 Virginia SB 840 (2017)
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Virginia SB 840 (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 to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB840ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100763D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100763D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Rules with amendment — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 380 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Rules — 150 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • David W. Marsden — primary (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-11-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100763D introduction
  • 2016-11-17 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-06 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB840E
  • 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17100763D-E
  • 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
  • 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 327 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7075389-9fc5-4233-9da2-b98741d10b69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).