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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision."
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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 to"
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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: "SB 840"
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citation: "Virginia SB 840 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education", "General Assembly"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-11-17"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7075389-9fc5-4233-9da2-b98741d10b69"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB840"
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source_hash: "2fda3a068e5f747c3847b58a909f1603086047d5691613c85071d36c24e186a1"
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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 SB 840 (2017) — Civics Education, Commission on; renamed Commission on Civic Education, extends sunset provision.
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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
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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 (CHAP0327)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0327)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB840ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB840ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100763D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB840)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100763D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB840E)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rules with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rules — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100763D `introduction`
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- **2016-11-17** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB840E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17100763D-E
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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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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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 327 (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/d7075389-9fc5-4233-9da2-b98741d10b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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