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type: "Bill"
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title: "Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit."
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description: "Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. 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 999"
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citation: "Virginia SB 999 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-03"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20a148d2-21a2-4056-96df-eb2275b4ad11"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB999"
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source_hash: "d901dd8944da1fd4921e07c7cc31f4615178ab11ff9d1c2944693b85d546a983"
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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 999 (2017) — Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit.
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Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. 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 (CHAP0021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0021)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB999ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB999ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101495D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB999)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- George Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101495D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (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/20a148d2-21a2-4056-96df-eb2275b4ad11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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