republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-269.md

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Bill	Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education.	Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher)License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeksa teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, topursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance withall of the requirements set forth in such regulation, thereby eliminatingthe prohibition against the pursuit of such a license for any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education. Thebill also clarifies that such required regulatory amendment createsan additional pathway to provisional license for an individual whoseeks a teaching endorsement in special education and does not supplantthe Provisional (Special Education) License option authorized pursuantto Board regulation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 269	Virginia HB 269 (2024)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	4	31	6	2024-01-05	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/25433e28-b20a-46c0-9040-e01221e6254c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB269	080aa7e9ef74cf70a830b98868ca6a7fc8ff9e301cd230673e3d2e2aa9d2b463	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 269 (2024) — Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education.

Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher)License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeksa teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, topursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance withall of the requirements set forth in such regulation, thereby eliminatingthe prohibition against the pursuit of such a license for any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education. Thebill also clarifies that such required regulatory amendment createsan additional pathway to provisional license for an individual whoseeks a teaching endorsement in special education and does not supplantthe Provisional (Special Education) License option authorized pursuantto Board regulation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0183 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB269ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101388D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101388D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101388D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB269)
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB269E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24101388D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB269E)
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB269ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB269ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 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 183 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25433e28-b20a-46c0-9040-e01221e6254c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).