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| Bill | Diploma seal for excellence in fine arts; established, industry-recognized workforce credential. | Diploma seal for excellence in fine arts established; industry-recognized workforce credential. Requires the Board of Education to establish criteria for awarding a high school diploma seal for excellence in fine arts, which may include a sequence of coursework, cumulative grade point average in such sequence of coursework, or any other performance-based criteria that the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to add such diploma seal to its list of industry-recognized workforce credentials for the purpose of satisfying the career and technical education credential option for high school graduation. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 478 | Virginia HB 478 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 478 (2026) — Diploma seal for excellence in fine arts; established, industry-recognized workforce credential.
Diploma seal for excellence in fine arts established; industry-recognized workforce credential. Requires the Board of Education to establish criteria for awarding a high school diploma seal for excellence in fine arts, which may include a sequence of coursework, cumulative grade point average in such sequence of coursework, or any other performance-based criteria that the Board deems appropriate. The bill also requires the Board to add such diploma seal to its list of industry-recognized workforce credentials for the purpose of satisfying the career and technical education credential option for high school graduation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education — 17–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 68–28 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102498D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB478)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2026-02-09 Reported from Education (17-Y 3-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
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 (HB478ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB478)
- 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93f502dc-b1ce-47c8-ab2f-2819cf25d5bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).