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Bill Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. 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 HB 979. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 68 Virginia SB 68 (2022)
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Virginia SB 68 (2022) — Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.

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 HB 979.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0657 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Conference substitute printed 22107767D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103546D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 22103546D-E (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB68ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — 963 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 039 (fail) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103546D introduction
  • 2022-01-04 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 (SB68)
  • 2022-01-13 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-20 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-24 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-01-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB68E
  • 2022-01-24 Printed as engrossed 22103546D-E
  • 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB68E)
  • 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-03-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-03-02 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-02 Committee on Education amendment rejected
  • 2022-03-02 Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2022-03-02 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2022-03-02 Passed House with amendment (97-Y 3-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N)
  • 2022-03-04 House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2022-03-07 House insisted on amendment
  • 2022-03-07 House requested conference committee
  • 2022-03-08 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-08 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2022-03-10 Amended by conference committee
  • 2022-03-10 Conference substitute printed 22107767D-S1
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-21 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB68ER)
  • 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
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 657 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7147c4c7-d9a4-4e28-a258-ea9189e980a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).