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type: "Bill"
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title: "High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of elective course credits."
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description: "High school graduation requirements; satisfactionof certain course credits with workforce credentials; developmentand maintenance of list of accepted credentials. Requires theBoard of Education, in collaboration with the Virginia CommunityCollege System, to develop and maintain a current, comprehensive,and uniform list of industry-recognized workforce credentials thatstudents may take as a substitute for certain units of credit requiredfor graduation, including such credentials that are accepted as substitutesfor (i) laboratory science credits or (ii) electives credits. Thebill provides that such list uniformly applies across each localschool division and that each school board is required to accept as a substitute for a required credit any credential listed as anaccepted substitute for such required credit. The bill also requiresany College and Career Access Pathways Partnership entered into betweena school board and a comprehensive community college to specify,consistent with the list, industry-recognized credentials that areaccepted as substitutes for certain credits required for high schoolgraduation. Finally, the bill requires the Board, in establishinggraduation requirements, to permit any student to substitute (i)three standard units of credit and one verified credit in laboratoryscience or (ii) credits for electives for completion of any industry-approvedworkforce credential that is included on the list as an acceptedsubstitute for such credits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 199"
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citation: "Virginia SB 199 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J.D. \"Danny\" Diggs"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67fe771e-4010-4514-813e-4f556441d18d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB199"
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source_hash: "d0f370ae459ae4a3e4713122974bb640fe52491d821d4fce8f775a449792cba2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 199 (2024) — High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of elective course credits.
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High school graduation requirements; satisfactionof certain course credits with workforce credentials; developmentand maintenance of list of accepted credentials. Requires theBoard of Education, in collaboration with the Virginia CommunityCollege System, to develop and maintain a current, comprehensive,and uniform list of industry-recognized workforce credentials thatstudents may take as a substitute for certain units of credit requiredfor graduation, including such credentials that are accepted as substitutesfor (i) laboratory science credits or (ii) electives credits. Thebill provides that such list uniformly applies across each localschool division and that each school board is required to accept as a substitute for a required credit any credential listed as anaccepted substitute for such required credit. The bill also requiresany College and Career Access Pathways Partnership entered into betweena school board and a comprehensive community college to specify,consistent with the list, industry-recognized credentials that areaccepted as substitutes for certain credits required for high schoolgraduation. Finally, the bill requires the Board, in establishinggraduation requirements, to permit any student to substitute (i)three standard units of credit and one verified credit in laboratoryscience or (ii) credits for electives for completion of any industry-approvedworkforce credential that is included on the list as an acceptedsubstitute for such credits.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0666** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0666)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105573D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB199S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101786D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB199)
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4. **SB199ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB199ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
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- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101786D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24105573D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB199S1)
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- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24105573D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB199S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB199ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB199ER)
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67fe771e-4010-4514-813e-4f556441d18d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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