republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-731.md

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Bill	Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.	Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements;assessments. Prohibits the Board of Education from includingin its regulations governing the award of a renewable license asa teacher any requirement that an individual take and receive a passingscore on any national or state-based communications and literacyassessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of sucha license. The bill also clarifies that the Board is not prohibitedfrom requiring any such individual to take and receive a passingscore on any other assessment as a condition of the initial awardor renewal of such a license.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 731	Virginia HB 731 (2024)	bill		enacted	Briana D. Sewell	4	31	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/15690673-f2d5-41d3-a54a-e3b376224996	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB731	075ae34f71d5b24a5d055213aa81c7e3bd39b11ee155f5a931b7d275c68af7c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 731 (2024) — Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.

Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements;assessments. Prohibits the Board of Education from includingin its regulations governing the award of a renewable license asa teacher any requirement that an individual take and receive a passingscore on any national or state-based communications and literacyassessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of sucha license. The bill also clarifies that the Board is not prohibitedfrom requiring any such individual to take and receive a passingscore on any other assessment as a condition of the initial awardor renewal of such a license.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0729 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105875D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB731ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100915D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 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 substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100915D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB731)
• 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24105875D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB731H1)
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24105875D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB731H1 substitution
• 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
• 2024-02-21 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 (HB731ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB731ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15690673-f2d5-41d3-a54a-e3b376224996. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).