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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States."
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description: "Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated and verified by an entity approved by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 68."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 979"
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citation: "Virginia HB 979 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0938244e-5293-4f75-939c-8683eba27df7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB979"
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source_hash: "7002159a0d44e582eb198c04800704e7435e4aaa54a45fa6cda4e29c16f386cd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 979 (2022) — Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.
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Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated and verified by an entity approved by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to SB 68.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0656** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0656)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106671D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB979S1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 22107760D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB979H1)
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4. **HB979ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB979ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103549D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB979)
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6. **Printed as engrossed 22103549D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB979E)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 100-N) — **0–99** (fail) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103549D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB979)
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- **2022-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-02** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB979E
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- **2022-02-07** Printed as engrossed 22103549D-E
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- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N)
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB979E)
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- **2022-02-17** Committee substitute printed 22106671D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 22106671D-S1
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- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB979S1
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- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Senate substitute rejected by House 22106671D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
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- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 100-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2022-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB979S1)
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- **2022-02-28** House acceded to request
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- **2022-03-01** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2022-03-10** Amended by conference committee
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- **2022-03-10** Conference substitute printed 22107760D-H1
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- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB979ER)
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- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0938244e-5293-4f75-939c-8683eba27df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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