republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-131.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Learning needs dashboard; Department of Education shall continue to maintain, sunset date."
description: "Superintendent of Public Instruction; pandemicrecovery task force; report. Requires the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction to establish and appoint such members as he deems necessary or appropriate to a pandemic recovery task force (the taskforce) within the Department of Education, the purpose of which isto examine the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on publiceducation in the Commonwealth and to provide recommendations, guidance,and resources to each local school division in order to enable allenrolled students to thrive academically, socially, and emotionallyand to meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels on all relevant metricsof student achievement and well-being. The bill requires the taskforce to focus particularly on student learning loss, attendance,and mental health and on vulnerable populations of students and toannually submit a report of its findings and recommendations to theBoard, the Governor, the General Assembly, and each school boardno later than November 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Virginia HB 131 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-01"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fbaff8a-7a80-4365-9b8b-17f4844ff0c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB131"
source_hash: "21f48a4e6ecb08db15cb7ae1289457000e275678121e8e38571f6f708bb99db5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 131 (2024) — Learning needs dashboard; Department of Education shall continue to maintain, sunset date.

Superintendent of Public Instruction; pandemicrecovery task force; report. Requires the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction to establish and appoint such members as he deems necessary or appropriate to a pandemic recovery task force (the taskforce) within the Department of Education, the purpose of which isto examine the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on publiceducation in the Commonwealth and to provide recommendations, guidance,and resources to each local school division in order to enable allenrolled students to thrive academically, socially, and emotionallyand to meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels on all relevant metricsof student achievement and well-being. The bill requires the taskforce to focus particularly on student learning loss, attendance,and mental health and on vulnerable populations of students and toannually submit a report of its findings and recommendations to theBoard, the Governor, the General Assembly, and each school boardno later than November 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0173)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105560D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB131H1)
3. **HB131ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB131ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101748D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB131)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101748D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-01** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-22** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Committee substitute printed 24105560D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 24105560D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB131H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB131H1)
- **2024-02-14** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB131ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 173 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fbaff8a-7a80-4365-9b8b-17f4844ff0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).