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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	Public secondary schools; satisfaction in physical education requirement, participation in Jr. ROTC.	Public secondary schools; satisfaction of physical education requirements; participation in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Permits each local school board to accept participationin the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps as fulfillment of any physical education requirements applicable to students in grades nine through 12.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 98	Virginia HB 98 (2024)	bill		enacted	W. Chad Green	3	44	10	2023-12-30	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/f3fafbc5-f4a7-4b67-b58f-91c2d20a22b5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB98	d3693fbd44dc57626ea89dfb7a1a68f0ad3922cc06f3336934384dfabdc351e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 98 (2024) — Public secondary schools; satisfaction in physical education requirement, participation in Jr. ROTC.

Public secondary schools; satisfaction of physical education requirements; participation in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Permits each local school board to accept participationin the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps as fulfillment of any physical education requirements applicable to students in grades nine through 12.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0433 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB98ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101212D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
• VOTE:REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 1–98 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• W. Chad Green — primary (person)
• A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101212D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-30 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned Education sub: K-12 referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-17 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB98)
• 2024-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-24 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-22 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-26 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 3-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-29 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 99-N) amendment-failure
• 2024-02-29 VOTE:REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
• 2024-03-04 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-05 Delegates: Convirs-Fowler, Reaser, Green
• 2024-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-06 Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Suetterlein
• 2024-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB98ER) 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 433 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3fafbc5-f4a7-4b67-b58f-91c2d20a22b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).