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Bill Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination. Applications for teacher licensure by reciprocity; military spouses; timeline for determination. Requires the Board of Education's licensure regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a member of the Virginia National Guard who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education. Current law requires such regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth. The bill requires such an individual to submit an official copy of the military permanent assignment orders of the individual's spouse as part of the complete application packet. The bill requires the Department to determine and communicate such individual's eligibility for licensure by reciprocity within 15 business days of receipt of the complete application packet. This bill is identical to HB 230. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 154 Virginia SB 154 (2022)
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Virginia SB 154 (2022) — Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination.

Applications for teacher licensure by reciprocity; military spouses; timeline for determination. Requires the Board of Education's licensure regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a member of the Virginia National Guard who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education. Current law requires such regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth. The bill requires such an individual to submit an official copy of the military permanent assignment orders of the individual's spouse as part of the complete application packet. The bill requires the Department to determine and communicate such individual's eligibility for licensure by reciprocity within 15 business days of receipt of the complete application packet. This bill is identical to HB 230.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0545 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102412D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB154ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
  • Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102412D introduction
  • 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-01-12 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2022-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB154)
  • 2022-01-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-02 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB154ER)
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b63948cd-ea8b-4892-85eb-9595ae27cce6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).