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type: "Bill"
title: "SCHEV; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement."
description: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement. Exempts from the requirement to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia any course or program of instruction on Scrum, Kanban, or other Agile-based methods or frameworks, provided that no such exempted course or program of instruction exceeds the number of hours required by the certifying body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 383"
citation: "Virginia HB 383 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/259345b9-8ab4-46c4-9e80-6324ecb8505b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB383"
source_hash: "38ff8448d07a329e94b02a5b157803e7c2c683e1b84bfea3ac3ac9b3edb4fc2c"
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 383 (2026) — SCHEV; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; exemption of certain courses and programs of instruction from certification requirement. Exempts from the requirement to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia any course or program of instruction on Scrum, Kanban, or other Agile-based methods or frameworks, provided that no such exempted course or program of instruction exceeds the number of hours required by the certifying body.
## 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/1084196.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194707.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **91** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **953** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **201** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104439D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB383)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB383ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB383)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 919 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/259345b9-8ab4-46c4-9e80-6324ecb8505b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).