republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-584.md

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Bill	Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report.	Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance; funding; duties. Makes several changes relating to the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium (the Consortium), including (i) requiring the chair of the board of the Consortium to submit an annual executive summary only in each biennium in which the Consortium receives funding from the General Assembly, (ii) adjusting the membership of the governing board of the Consortium to (a) accurately reflect school division consolidation that occurred after the Consortium's initial establishment and (b) include each member of the House of Delegates who represents a House District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia and each member of the Senate of Virginia who represents a Senatorial District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia, and (iii) removing the requirement for the governing board of the Consortium to develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology. This bill is identical to SB 692.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 584	Virginia HB 584 (2026)	bill		enacted	Jason S. Ballard	9	49	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/89fef1bc-099e-44e0-8d5d-51a7a99dcb8d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB584	6b310cb4ca2b139e355105f9eafb7c7f4e5522f388ef7ca2a8ff8a9d895acd1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 584 (2026) — Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report.

Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance; funding; duties. Makes several changes relating to the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium (the Consortium), including (i) requiring the chair of the board of the Consortium to submit an annual executive summary only in each biennium in which the Consortium receives funding from the General Assembly, (ii) adjusting the membership of the governing board of the Consortium to (a) accurately reflect school division consolidation that occurred after the Consortium's initial establishment and (b) include each member of the House of Delegates who represents a House District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia and each member of the Senate of Virginia who represents a Senatorial District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia, and (iii) removing the requirement for the governing board of the Consortium to develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology. This bill is identical to SB 692.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 2–95 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101871D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
• 2026-01-30 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-02 House committee offered
• 2026-02-02 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-05 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
• 2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108238D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Rasoul, Franklin, L.V., Ballard
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Aird, Perry, Suetterlein
• 2026-03-11 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB584ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89fef1bc-099e-44e0-8d5d-51a7a99dcb8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).