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Bill	Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.	Board of Education; membership; qualifications. Requires the nine-member Board of Education, all of whom are appointedby the Governor, to include at least one member with experience orexpertise in local government leadership or policymaking, at leastone member with experience or expertise in career and technical education,and at least one member with experience or expertise in early childhoodeducation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 879	Virginia HB 879 (2022)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	5	36	8	2022-01-12	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/de5f6525-341b-4204-8924-5b9241982995	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB879	69bdd033361be9234cef18af980b5d183daf8063edfb0d2772722a9bfdc5d104	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 879 (2022) — Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.

Board of Education; membership; qualifications. Requires the nine-member Board of Education, all of whom are appointedby the Governor, to include at least one member with experience orexpertise in local government leadership or policymaking, at leastone member with experience or expertise in career and technical education,and at least one member with experience or expertise in early childhoodeducation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0770 (committee substitute) — source
2. Governor's substitute printed 22108160D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB879ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB879ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100654D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N) — 78–21 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N) — 91–8 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100654D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB879)
• 2022-01-24 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-04 Read third time and passed House (78-Y 22-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-04 VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N)
• 2022-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-08 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB879ER)
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 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 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2022-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 22108160D-H1
• 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 8-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N)
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB879ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 770 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de5f6525-341b-4204-8924-5b9241982995. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).