republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2662.md

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Bill	High school graduation requirements; work experience, capstone project.	Directs the Board of Education to develop and submit to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2019, guidelines for local school boards to develop and implement a senior capstone project, portfolio, performance-based assessment, or structured experiment, in consultation with stakeholders representing a variety of local school divisions, industries, and education organizations, considering (i) the diversity of school divisions across the Commonwealth, (ii) the need for local flexibility, and (iii) the needs of communities and industries across the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require students to complete a senior capstone project, portfolio, performance-based assessment, or structured experiment that relates to a work-based learning, service-learning, or community engagement activity and aligns with and further develops the knowledge and skills attained through such work-based learning, service-learning, or community engagement activity, provided, however, that such provisions shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2662	Virginia HB 2662 (2019)	bill	Education Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	R. Steven Landes	7	36	12	2019-01-11	2019-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/800c32b7-7e75-495c-9573-6ed4fc6d9f5a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2662	ede14dc602285897b6e195de7fd6327dfcf84429c2af238c85ee6a374a9f0e1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2662 (2019) — High school graduation requirements; work experience, capstone project.

Directs the Board of Education to develop and submit to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2019, guidelines for local school boards to develop and implement a senior capstone project, portfolio, performance-based assessment, or structured experiment, in consultation with stakeholders representing a variety of local school divisions, industries, and education organizations, considering (i) the diversity of school divisions across the Commonwealth, (ii) the need for local flexibility, and (iii) the needs of communities and industries across the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require students to complete a senior capstone project, portfolio, performance-based assessment, or structured experiment that relates to a work-based learning, service-learning, or community engagement activity and aligns with and further develops the knowledge and skills attained through such work-based learning, service-learning, or community engagement activity, provided, however, that such provisions shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2662ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105568D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Conference substitute printed 19107688D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104371D (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Floor substitute printed 19107533D-S1 (Stuart) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee amendment reconsidered — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute rejected by House 19107533D-S1 — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 19104371D introduction
• 2019-01-11 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 19105568D-H1
• 2019-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2662H1
• 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 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-20 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-21 Floor substitute printed 19107533D-S1 (Stuart)
• 2019-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Committee amendment rejected
• 2019-02-21 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-21 Substitute by Senator Stuart agreed to 19107533D-S1
• 2019-02-21 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2662S1
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 19107533D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2019-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-23 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-23 Conference substitute printed 19107688D-H2
• 2019-02-23 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 640 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/800c32b7-7e75-495c-9573-6ed4fc6d9f5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).