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type: "Bill"
title: "School Psychologists, Interstate Compact for; enters the Commonwealth into Compact."
description: "Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; membership of the Commonwealth. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists, the stated purpose of which is to facilitate the interstate practice of school psychology in educational or school settings, and in so doing to improve the availability of school psychological services to the public, and the stated intent of which is to establish a pathway to allow school psychologists to obtain equivalent licenses to provide school psychological services in any member state. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of seven state members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Virginia HB 255 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba7513db-097a-4352-9735-ccc5706d6792"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB255"
source_hash: "63d84760bd8506b5dca694bde46d6c11cb743c34433ceb19abedb9fec2736c32"
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 HB 255 (2026) — School Psychologists, Interstate Compact for; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; membership of the Commonwealth. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists, the stated purpose of which is to facilitate the interstate practice of school psychology in educational or school settings, and in so doing to improve the availability of school psychological services to the public, and the stated intent of which is to establish a pathway to allow school psychologists to obtain equivalent licenses to provide school psychological services in any member state. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of seven state members.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083282.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217766.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208806.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **971** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **91** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104207D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB255)
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2026-02-02** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB255ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB255)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba7513db-097a-4352-9735-ccc5706d6792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).