republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1885.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Computer science standards, etc., in public schools; DOE to perform comprehensive review, report."
description: "Department of Education; comprehensive reviewof computer science standards, courses, and pathways in public schools;report. Requires the Department of Education to perform a comprehensivereview of the ongoing implementation of mandatory computer sciencestandards in elementary schools and middle schools and the alignmentof middle school and high school computer science courses and coursepathways. The bill requires such review to include recommendationsfor implementation processes at the local level, profiles of implementationprocesses that have been successful for school divisions, a descriptionof opportunities for enhanced collaboration with relevant computer science stakeholders to expand computer science education opportunitiesfor all students in the Commonwealth and for relevant professionaldevelopment for teachers, and examining methods of data collectionannually from local school divisions pertaining to computer scienceimplementation. The bill requires the Department of Education toprepare a report on its comprehensive review and provide such reportto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the SenateCommittee on Education and Health, the Secretary of Education, andthe Superintendent of Public Instruction no later than November 1,2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1885"
citation: "Virginia HB 1885 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a043ad35-79cd-4c7a-887c-2d908165a127"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1885"
source_hash: "f737b508e1b9f2bca2b07df589452987027dbdf3a1c3b117c5d66bdaaafb68fd"
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 1885 (2021) — Computer science standards, etc., in public schools; DOE to perform comprehensive review, report.

Department of Education; comprehensive reviewof computer science standards, courses, and pathways in public schools;report. Requires the Department of Education to perform a comprehensivereview of the ongoing implementation of mandatory computer sciencestandards in elementary schools and middle schools and the alignmentof middle school and high school computer science courses and coursepathways. The bill requires such review to include recommendationsfor implementation processes at the local level, profiles of implementationprocesses that have been successful for school divisions, a descriptionof opportunities for enhanced collaboration with relevant computer science stakeholders to expand computer science education opportunitiesfor all students in the Commonwealth and for relevant professionaldevelopment for teachers, and examining methods of data collectionannually from local school divisions pertaining to computer scienceimplementation. The bill requires the Department of Education toprepare a report on its comprehensive review and provide such reportto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the SenateCommittee on Education and Health, the Secretary of Education, andthe Superintendent of Public Instruction no later than November 1,2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0022)
2. **HB1885ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1885ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100755D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1885)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100755D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1885)
- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-02** 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`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1885ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (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/a043ad35-79cd-4c7a-887c-2d908165a127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).