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type: "Bill"
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title: "College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created."
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description: "Department of Education and Virginia CommunityCollege System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fundestablished. Establishes the College and Career Ready VirginiaFund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia CommunityCollege System to establish the College and Career Ready VirginiaProgram whereby each school board is required to offer each qualifiedhigh school student in the local school division access at the highschool to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to completethe Passport Program and the former Uniform Certificate of GeneralStudies Program, renamed in the bill as the Passport Plus Program,at a public institution of higher education at no cost to such students.The bill establishes several enumerated duties for the Departmentand the System in the administration of the College and Career ReadyVirginia Program, including the establishment of a work group to make recommendations no later than November 1, 2024, on the incorporationof a career and technical education program of coursework into theCollege and Career Ready Virginia Program."
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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 627"
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citation: "Virginia SB 627 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ca1548b-9fbe-45fd-a93c-0285236d4d1e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB627"
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source_hash: "12be81d039baf0f8f9f9be7d862923a3b39e23305b40dface546f7d6ae75cdd6"
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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 627 (2024) — College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
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Department of Education and Virginia CommunityCollege System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fundestablished. Establishes the College and Career Ready VirginiaFund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia CommunityCollege System to establish the College and Career Ready VirginiaProgram whereby each school board is required to offer each qualifiedhigh school student in the local school division access at the highschool to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to completethe Passport Program and the former Uniform Certificate of GeneralStudies Program, renamed in the bill as the Passport Plus Program,at a public institution of higher education at no cost to such students.The bill establishes several enumerated duties for the Departmentand the System in the administration of the College and Career ReadyVirginia Program, including the establishment of a work group to make recommendations no later than November 1, 2024, on the incorporationof a career and technical education program of coursework into theCollege and Career Ready Virginia Program.
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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. **CHAP0684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0684)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107152D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB627S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107611D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB627S2)
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4. **Committee substitute printed 24107966D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB627H1)
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5. **Conference substitute printed 24108997D-S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB627S3)
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6. **SB627ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB627ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (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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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103037D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** 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** Senate committee, floor 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** Committee substitute printed 24107152D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute printed 24107611D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Committee substitute rejected 24107152D-S1
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- **2024-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 24107611D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB627S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-16** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Committee substitute printed 24107966D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 24107966D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB627H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed by temporarily
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- **2024-02-26** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
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- **2024-02-27** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-02-27** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-29** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-02-29** Senators: Lucas, Aird, Suetterlein
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- **2024-03-01** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-01** Delegates: Rasoul, Reaser, Coyner
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- **2024-03-07** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-07** Conference substitute printed 24108997D-S3
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- **2024-03-08** Passed by temporarily
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- **2024-03-08** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-09** 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 (SB627ER) `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 (SB627ER)
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 684 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684)
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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/4ca1548b-9fbe-45fd-a93c-0285236d4d1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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