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| Bill | Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure. | Board of Education; teacher licensure; career and technical education; alternative pathway to provisional licensure. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to issue a provisional license to any person seeking an initial license in the Commonwealth with an endorsement in the area of career and technical education who has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate and an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license in the area in which such person seeks an endorsement but has not completed all requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure to allow time for such person to complete, in lieu of the outstanding requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure, coursework in three areas specified in the bill. The bill directs the Board to amend its regulations as necessary in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 879. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2018 | Virginia HB 2018 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2018 (2025) — Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure.
Board of Education; teacher licensure; career and technical education; alternative pathway to provisional licensure. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to issue a provisional license to any person seeking an initial license in the Commonwealth with an endorsement in the area of career and technical education who has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate and an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license in the area in which such person seeks an endorsement but has not completed all requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure to allow time for such person to complete, in lieu of the outstanding requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure, coursework in three areas specified in the bill. The bill directs the Board to amend its regulations as necessary in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 879.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Governor Substitute Not Adopted (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (58-Y 36-N) — 58–36 (pass) · lower
- House rejected Governor's recommendation (22-Y 73-N) — 22–73 (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104399D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2018)
- 2025-01-20 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-22 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-22 Committee substitute printed 25105686D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-27 Education Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2018)
- 2025-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2018ER)
passage - 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2018)
- 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-15 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB2018H2)
- 2025-04-02 House rejected Governor's recommendation (22-Y 73-N)
veto-override-passage - 2025-04-02 Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (58-Y 36-N)
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
- 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37566b26-e3c7-49f6-aa34-949fecd6699b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).