republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1776.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; temporary extension of certain licenses by Board of Education."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1776"
citation: "Virginia HB 1776 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2574047f-3a99-4e82-93a2-5745ecd65ef0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1776"
source_hash: "ba7c70293cbc5e9cf8d6236e4ddec4458b8d3e90dda0d39bb29ceb61586ce195"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0394)
2. **HB1776ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1776ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101678D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1776)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101678D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1776E)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2574047f-3a99-4e82-93a2-5745ecd65ef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).