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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards; employment verification, requirement."
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description: "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 HB 355."
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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 441"
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citation: "Virginia SB 441 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tara A. Durant"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f763af58-928d-4338-8bc6-d4ad02844eec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB441"
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source_hash: "16f0f45215d125f3d7a8300766e193f3506cc825006352ef3d0766f7bfcec254"
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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 441 (2024) — School boards; employment verification, requirement.
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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 HB 355.
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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. **CHAP0508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0508)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106923D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB441S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107851D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB441H1)
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4. **Conference substitute printed 24108651D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB441S2)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103960D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB441)
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6. **SB441ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB441ER)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103960D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB441)
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- **2024-01-30** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24106923D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106923D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB441S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute printed 24107851D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB441H1)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24107851D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB441H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
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- **2024-02-29** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-04** Senators: Durant, Pekarsky, VanValkenburg
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- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-05** Delegates: Sewell, Laufer, Milde
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- **2024-03-06** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-06** Conference substitute printed 24108651D-S2
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- **2024-03-06** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-07** Passed by temporarily
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- **2024-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB441ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB441ER)
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 508 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508)
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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/f763af58-928d-4338-8bc6-d4ad02844eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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