republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2702.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VPI & SU and VSU; joint plan for new baccalaureate degree program."
description: "Requires Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University to jointly develop and report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2019, a plan for the establishment of a baccalaureate or other degree program that prepares graduates to be effective career and technical education teachers in order to address persistent teacher shortages in career and technical education subject areas in the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2702"
citation: "Virginia HB 2702 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074be6db-121b-4245-8fe9-08cd50de742f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2702"
source_hash: "29f49d652ca7e2ba9f040dc3c74872915fcb639f03dd438e8df28dc3039935c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2702 (2019) — VPI & SU and VSU; joint plan for new baccalaureate degree program.

Requires Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University to jointly develop and report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2019, a plan for the establishment of a baccalaureate or other degree program that prepares graduates to be effective career and technical education teachers in order to address persistent teacher shortages in career and technical education subject areas in the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0592)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2702AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2702)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2702ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2702ER)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104607D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2702)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104607D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2702E)
7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2702ASE)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 19104607D `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB2702E
- **2019-01-28** Printed as engrossed 19104607D-E
- **2019-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Higher 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** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 1-N)
- **2019-02-23** Enrolled
- **2019-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-23** 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
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 592 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074be6db-121b-4245-8fe9-08cd50de742f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).