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Bill	Teachers; temporary extension of certain licenses by Board of Education.	Board of Education; temporary extension of certain licenses. Requires the Board of Education to grant a two-year extension of the license of any individual licensed by the Board whose license expires on June 30, 2021, in order to provide the individual with sufficient additional time to complete the requirements for licensure.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1776	Virginia HB 1776 (2021)	bill		enacted	Jeion A. Ward	4	40	11	2020-12-29	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2574047f-3a99-4e82-93a2-5745ecd65ef0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1776	ba7c70293cbc5e9cf8d6236e4ddec4458b8d3e90dda0d39bb29ceb61586ce195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1776 (2021) — Teachers; temporary extension of certain licenses by Board of Education.

Board of Education; temporary extension of certain licenses. Requires the Board of Education to grant a two-year extension of the license of any individual licensed by the Board whose license expires on June 30, 2021, in order to provide the individual with sufficient additional time to complete the requirements for licensure.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0394 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1776ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101678D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21101678D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101678D introduction
• 2020-12-29 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1776)
• 2021-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-15 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-01-18 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-18 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee on Education amendment rejected
• 2021-02-02 Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB1776E
• 2021-02-02 Printed as engrossed 21101678D-E
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1776E)
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1776ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2574047f-3a99-4e82-93a2-5745ecd65ef0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).