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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions, public; dyslexia and literacy."
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description: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; dyslexia and literacy; multisensory structured language education. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to facilitate the development of a statewide coalition of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to gather and share information on the latest evidence-based methods and approaches to effectively educate K-12 students in reading, including multisensory structured language education to instruct students with dyslexia. The bill states that each public institution's school of education, education department, or relevant department for the career paths of K-12 reading specialists and teachers may collect such information and collaborate with other public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth regarding the latest reliable research for reading instruction to all K-12 students, with an emphasis on improving reading instruction to students with dyslexia. Each public institution of higher education may implement information learned through the coalition in the institution's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in education."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 904"
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citation: "Virginia SB 904 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b4fba6-6cfe-4c50-a0f8-06591ac6cc7e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB904"
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source_hash: "ea52e1c9e3d952777f2b608d05ce3b7f2c163b2bd65171c095adcee087e6e557"
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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 SB 904 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; dyslexia and literacy.
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State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; dyslexia and literacy; multisensory structured language education. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to facilitate the development of a statewide coalition of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to gather and share information on the latest evidence-based methods and approaches to effectively educate K-12 students in reading, including multisensory structured language education to instruct students with dyslexia. The bill states that each public institution's school of education, education department, or relevant department for the career paths of K-12 reading specialists and teachers may collect such information and collaborate with other public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth regarding the latest reliable research for reading instruction to all K-12 students, with an emphasis on improving reading instruction to students with dyslexia. Each public institution of higher education may implement information learned through the coalition in the institution's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in education.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0584)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB904ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB904H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB904H2)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB904)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB904)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB904S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB904S1)
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6. **SB904H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB904H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20104687D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB904)
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- **2020-01-29** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107622D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB904S1)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107622D-S1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute printed 20108906D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-28** Floor substitute printed 20109314D-H2 (Keam)
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute rejected 20108906D-H1
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- **2020-02-28** Substitute by Delegate Keam agreed to 20109314D-H2
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- **2020-02-28** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB904H2
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Title replaced 20109314D-H2
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB904ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/20) `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/14b4fba6-6cfe-4c50-a0f8-06591ac6cc7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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