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Bill Technical professional licenses; military science endorsement. State Board of Education; technical professional licenses; military science endorsement. Directs the State Board of Education to amend its regulations to require that persons seeking a technical professional license with an endorsement to teach military science have either the appropriate credentials issued by the United States military or a recommendation from a Virginia employing educational agency. This bill is identical to HB 1568. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 978 Virginia SB 978 (2020)
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Virginia SB 978 (2020) — Technical professional licenses; military science endorsement.

State Board of Education; technical professional licenses; military science endorsement. Directs the State Board of Education to amend its regulations to require that persons seeking a technical professional license with an endorsement to teach military science have either the appropriate credentials issued by the United States military or a recommendation from a Virginia employing educational agency. This bill is identical to HB 1568.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB978ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB978) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 20104761D introduction
  • 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB978)
  • 2020-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB978ER)
  • 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
  • 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
  • 2020-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08896d37-d5c7-4484-8c16-29c0f685fb2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).