republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-319.md

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Bill	Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.	Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction, as such terms are defined in the bill; (ii) the literacy assessment required of individuals seeking initial teacher licensure with endorsements in certain areas to include a rigorous test of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction; (iii) each local school board to establish a divisionwide literacy plan; (iv) each local school board to employ one reading specialist for each 550 students in kindergarten through grade three; and (v) each local school board to provide a program of literacy instruction whereby, among other things, (a) the program provides reading intervention services to students in kindergarten through grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading assessment or an early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department of Education; (b) a reading specialist, in collaboration with the teacher of any student who receives such reading intervention services, develops, oversees implementation of, and monitors student progress on a student reading plan; and (c) each student who receives such reading intervention services is assessed utilizing either the early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department or the grade-level reading Standards of Learning assessment again at the end of that school year. The provisions of the bill become effective beginning with the 2024–2025 school year. This bill is identical to SB 616.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 319	Virginia HB 319 (2022)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	4	41	11	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d662d723-4799-4e28-9307-f5c0e778a2dc	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB319	2acc76527c94a476dd45ad4dd0c9f905ff2ed6f7a9a7bbace186768fd3ce1214	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 319 (2022) — Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.

Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction, as such terms are defined in the bill; (ii) the literacy assessment required of individuals seeking initial teacher licensure with endorsements in certain areas to include a rigorous test of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction; (iii) each local school board to establish a divisionwide literacy plan; (iv) each local school board to employ one reading specialist for each 550 students in kindergarten through grade three; and (v) each local school board to provide a program of literacy instruction whereby, among other things, (a) the program provides reading intervention services to students in kindergarten through grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading assessment or an early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department of Education; (b) a reading specialist, in collaboration with the teacher of any student who receives such reading intervention services, develops, oversees implementation of, and monitors student progress on a student reading plan; and (c) each student who receives such reading intervention services is assessed utilizing either the early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department or the grade-level reading Standards of Learning assessment again at the end of that school year. The provisions of the bill become effective beginning with the 2024–2025 school year. This bill is identical to SB 616.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0550 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22104625D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB319ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103787D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate receded from amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N) — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
• A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
• Karen S. Greenhalgh — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Marie E. March — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• William C. Wampler III — cosponsor (person)
• Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103787D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-01-31 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-31 Committee substitute printed 22104625D-H1 substitution
• 2022-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB319H1)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22104625D-H1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB319H1
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-03-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-03-03 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
• 2022-03-08 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-08 Senate receded from amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB319ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d662d723-4799-4e28-9307-f5c0e778a2dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).