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type: "Bill"
title: "Public middle schools and high schools; career and technical education organizations permitted."
description: "Public middle schools and high schools; student organizations; career and technical education organizations permitted.Permits each public middle school and high school to establishcareer and technical education student organizations, regardlessof whether such school offers career and technical education courses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Virginia SB 707 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suhas Subramanyam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d61b873-dfa1-47e3-aed8-74926bd1310b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB707"
source_hash: "c3cc75bb5d554cde039d62d4675294db32501af7ccd031727440c82c9efdecae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 707 (2024) — Public middle schools and high schools; career and technical education organizations permitted.
Public middle schools and high schools; student organizations; career and technical education organizations permitted.Permits each public middle school and high school to establishcareer and technical education student organizations, regardlessof whether such school offers career and technical education courses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0776** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0776)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24104546D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB707)
3. **SB707ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB707ER)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24104546D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB707)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB707ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 776 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d61b873-dfa1-47e3-aed8-74926bd1310b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).