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Bill STEM and Computing (STEM+C); required to review federal occupational categories. Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board (the Board) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce profile and the gaps in the Commonwealth's tracking of careers in these occupational categories for the purpose of better aligning K-16 education priorities and the Board's tracking and coordination of STEM+C and (ii) share its findings with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to include in the Office's efforts to specifically align STEM+C workforce and education. The bill requires the Board, in conducting such review, to focus on occupational categories such as advanced manufacturing, agriculture, financial systems, health care, military, and K-16 education careers that are not currently tracked or categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as STEM+C career fields and to submit its findings and any recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2022. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 217 Virginia HB 217 (2022)
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Virginia HB 217 (2022) — STEM and Computing (STEM+C); required to review federal occupational categories.

Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board (the Board) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce profile and the gaps in the Commonwealth's tracking of careers in these occupational categories for the purpose of better aligning K-16 education priorities and the Board's tracking and coordination of STEM+C and (ii) share its findings with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to include in the Office's efforts to specifically align STEM+C workforce and education. The bill requires the Board, in conducting such review, to focus on occupational categories such as advanced manufacturing, agriculture, financial systems, health care, military, and K-16 education careers that are not currently tracked or categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as STEM+C career fields and to submit its findings and any recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0558 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22107364D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference substitute printed 22107815D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB217ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101776D (committee substitute) — source
  6. Printed as engrossed 22101776D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N) — 096 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — 930 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
  • Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101776D introduction
  • 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB217)
  • 2022-01-28 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation referral-committee
  • 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended HB217E
  • 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22101776D-E
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB217E)
  • 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-02 Committee substitute printed 22107364D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22107364D-S1
  • 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB217S1
  • 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-08 Senate substitute rejected by House 22107364D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2022-03-08 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2022-03-09 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-09 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2022-03-10 House acceded to request
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
  • 2022-03-11 Conference substitute printed 22107815D-H1
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-21 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-21 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB217ER)
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/542dff93-ed96-45f3-9cf5-f2f007a41f27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).