republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-777.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education.	Enrollment of students transitioning into, between,and out of foster care and kinship care placements. Requiresthe school division in which a student who has transitioned into,between, or out of a foster care or kinship care placement by a localsocial services agency last attended school prior to such transitionand the school division in which such a student resides after suchtransition to cooperate in facilitating the enrollment of any suchstudent for the purpose of enhancing continuity of instruction. Thebill provides that any such student shall be allowed to continueto attend the school in which he was enrolled prior to his placement transition upon the joint determination of the placing social servicesagency and the local school division that such attendance is in thebest interest of the student. Current law contains similar provisionsbut is limited to students who have transitioned into foster careplacements.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 777	Virginia HB 777 (2024)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	4	31	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c02a894e-2b6d-4ede-b020-e285e14bdef4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB777	be9e95cf7d87312900e4deaea22eafdbc05399d9a96bc3cb26f817a50cafc28e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 777 (2024) — Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education.

Enrollment of students transitioning into, between,and out of foster care and kinship care placements. Requiresthe school division in which a student who has transitioned into,between, or out of a foster care or kinship care placement by a localsocial services agency last attended school prior to such transitionand the school division in which such a student resides after suchtransition to cooperate in facilitating the enrollment of any suchstudent for the purpose of enhancing continuity of instruction. Thebill provides that any such student shall be allowed to continueto attend the school in which he was enrolled prior to his placement transition upon the joint determination of the placing social servicesagency and the local school division that such attendance is in thebest interest of the student. Current law contains similar provisionsbut is limited to students who have transitioned into foster careplacements.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0303 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB777ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB777H1)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24106309D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB777H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-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 (HB777ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB777ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c02a894e-2b6d-4ede-b020-e285e14bdef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).