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Bill School boards; employment verification, requirement. School boards; employment verification; timing. Requires each school board to respond within 10 working days of receiving a request for employment verification of a former employee of the school board when such verification is sought by another school board. The bill defines working day as every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal state and federal holidays. This bill is identical to SB 441. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 355 Virginia HB 355 (2024)
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Virginia HB 355 (2024) — School boards; employment verification, requirement.

School boards; employment verification; timing. Requires each school board to respond within 10 working days of receiving a request for employment verification of a former employee of the school board when such verification is sought by another school board. The bill defines working day as every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal state and federal holidays. This bill is identical to SB 441.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0442 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105884D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107758D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference substitute printed 24108749D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB355ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104888D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 198 (fail) · lower
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
  • Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104888D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB355)
  • 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-01-24 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24105884D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24105884D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB355H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-30 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB355H1)
  • 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-15 Committee substitute printed 24107758D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 24105884D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB355S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 24105884D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
  • 2024-02-21 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
  • 2024-02-23 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-23 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-26 House acceded to request
  • 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-02-28 Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Durant
  • 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-02-28 Delegates: Cole, Simonds, Coyner
  • 2024-03-04 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-04 Conference substitute printed 24108749D-H2
  • 2024-03-04 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-05 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB355ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1bdbb9f-ac62-4c23-96af-d9cd7c9e6cbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).