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| Bill | Teachers; certain individuals to be licensed with an endorsement in special ed. early childhood. | Certain individuals to be deemed licensed as teachers with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years). Provides that any individual who has been employed in the Commonwealth as a preschool special education teacher licensed with an endorsement in special education - general curriculum K-12 for at least 15 school years shall be deemed licensed as a teacher with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years) upon the recommendation of the division superintendent in the local school division in which such individual is employed to the Department of Education that such teacher is well-qualified to continue to teach preschool special education in such school division. The bill contains an emergency clause. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2265 | Virginia HB 2265 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2265 (2025) — Teachers; certain individuals to be licensed with an endorsement in special ed. early childhood.
Certain individuals to be deemed licensed as teachers with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years). Provides that any individual who has been employed in the Commonwealth as a preschool special education teacher licensed with an endorsement in special education - general curriculum K-12 for at least 15 school years shall be deemed licensed as a teacher with an endorsement in special education early childhood (birth–age five years) upon the recommendation of the division superintendent in the local school division in which such individual is employed to the Department of Education that such teacher is well-qualified to continue to teach preschool special education in such school division. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25104343D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2265)
- 2025-01-18 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 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 - 2025-02-06 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2265ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2265)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (Effective 03/21/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbfc8957-1508-418a-878d-b852692e0355. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).