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Bill Teacher licensure; provisional license. Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for licensure by reciprocity, to grant special consideration to individuals who have successfully completed a program offered by a provider that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines that establish a process to permit a school board or any organization sponsored by a school board to petition the Board for approval of an alternate route to licensure that may be used to meet the requirements for a provisional or renewable license or any endorsement. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2486 Virginia HB 2486 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2486 (2019) — Teacher licensure; provisional license.

Requires the Board of Education, in its regulations providing for licensure by reciprocity, to grant special consideration to individuals who have successfully completed a program offered by a provider that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines that establish a process to permit a school board or any organization sponsored by a school board to petition the Board for approval of an alternate route to licensure that may be used to meet the requirements for a provisional or renewable license or any endorsement.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2486ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105579D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101521D (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106890D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106890D-S1 — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
  • John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101521D introduction
  • 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 19105579D-H1
  • 2019-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2486H1
  • 2019-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-06 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2019-02-14 Incorporates HB1643 (Hope)
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2019-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 19106890D-S1
  • 2019-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2486S1
  • 2019-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106890D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 409 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/444558e4-01d6-4cf6-8c12-e2a8d1ffb7aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).