republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-516.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc.	High school graduation requirements; requiredcourses or credentials; dual enrollment. Permits high schoolstudents to fulfill a certain high school graduation course creditrequirement by completing a dual enrollment course in lieu of thecurrently required Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate,or honors course or Board of Education-approved career and technicaleducation credential.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 516	Virginia HB 516 (2020)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	4	28	6	2020-01-04	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/521a091d-8468-4dce-b0ae-2f282fe441b5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB516	818ff9e650035d49b257825c106b638e20db4d491da25ac696569889a78eed71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 516 (2020) — High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc.

High school graduation requirements; requiredcourses or credentials; dual enrollment. Permits high schoolstudents to fulfill a certain high school graduation course creditrequirement by completing a dual enrollment course in lieu of thecurrently required Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate,or honors course or Board of Education-approved career and technicaleducation credential.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB516ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB516H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB516) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103062D introduction
• 2020-01-04 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB516)
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-20 Committee substitute printed 20106138D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-20 Incorporates HB112 (McNamara)
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute agreed to 20106138D-H1
• 2020-01-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB516H1
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB516H1)
• 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-24 VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-27 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB516ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/521a091d-8468-4dce-b0ae-2f282fe441b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).