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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report."
description: "Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established;report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified visionregarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of successto promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in theCommonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creatingSTEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities acrossthe Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually tothe Governor and the General Assembly on STEM challenges, goals,and successes across the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2058"
citation: "Virginia HB 2058 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f5ed81-ab91-4cda-b3e3-5c9296ede83a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2058"
source_hash: "4d713d8d6c6550b4a6503d358a666f9e1ff14391cfa566f4f7b2d7752ac401aa"
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 2058 (2021) — Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report.
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established;report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified visionregarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of successto promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in theCommonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creatingSTEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities acrossthe Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually tothe Governor and the General Assembly on STEM challenges, goals,and successes across the Commonwealth.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0291)
2. **HB2058ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2058ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101975D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2058)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101975D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2058)
- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** 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 (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2058ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (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/d0f5ed81-ab91-4cda-b3e3-5c9296ede83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).