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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia STEP Grant Program; established."
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description: "Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program established. Directs the Department of Education to establish the Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program for the purpose of facilitating opportunities for any student enrolled in the eleventh or twelfth grade at a public high school in the Commonwealth or enrolled at a comprehensive community college or historically black college or university in the Commonwealth who enters into an agreement with an entity located in the relevant local school division or region that has a procurement contract with the federal government whereby such entity agrees to provide assistance to the student to obtain, prior to graduation, any federal security clearance at the public trust or national security level and any other education, training, or credential that is necessary for the student to be prepared for employment with such entity upon graduation in exchange for a commitment from the student to accept and remain in such an employment position for an agreed-upon period of time after graduation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2590"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2590 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25687a20-c554-4c7f-b9e3-9f0c02673db8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2590"
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source_hash: "f98db176e38c55aae69010bf6439aa95167f0c6d86ad9ccfae07f3052c11e1cf"
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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 HB 2590 (2025) — Virginia STEP Grant Program; established.
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Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program established. Directs the Department of Education to establish the Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program for the purpose of facilitating opportunities for any student enrolled in the eleventh or twelfth grade at a public high school in the Commonwealth or enrolled at a comprehensive community college or historically black college or university in the Commonwealth who enters into an agreement with an entity located in the relevant local school division or region that has a procurement contract with the federal government whereby such entity agrees to provide assistance to the student to obtain, prior to graduation, any federal security clearance at the public trust or national security level and any other education, training, or credential that is necessary for the student to be prepared for employment with such entity upon graduation in exchange for a commitment from the student to accept and remain in such an employment position for an agreed-upon period of time after graduation.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019032.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029137.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073131.PDF)
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4. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024572.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068704.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) — **79–20** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101044D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-18** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Committee substitute printed 25104896D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-22** Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Committee substitute printed 25105979D-H2 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Education Substitute rejected
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- **2025-01-31** Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2590)
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2590ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2590)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)
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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/25687a20-c554-4c7f-b9e3-9f0c02673db8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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