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type: "Bill"
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title: "Private preschool programs; licensure exemptions."
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description: "Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill allows children below the age of eligibility for kindergarten to attend the preschool program for more than five hours per day if the preschool maintains an enrollment ratio of five children age five or above to one four-year-old child, and no child in attendance is under age four. 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: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 867"
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citation: "Virginia HB 867 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41b87efa-233c-44d1-b8e4-5b6fdc293dce"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB867"
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source_hash: "27a4ce94dd5f3078b9db4e3a931ee6b4b79b678ca96e321f152b68d9f3ddc1f4"
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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 HB 867 (2018) — Private preschool programs; licensure exemptions.
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Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill allows children below the age of eligibility for kindergarten to attend the preschool program for more than five hours per day if the preschool maintains an enrollment ratio of five children age five or above to one four-year-old child, and no child in attendance is under age four. 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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB867ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB867ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100207D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB867)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **10–0** (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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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100207D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/18) `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/41b87efa-233c-44d1-b8e4-5b6fdc293dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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