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type: "Bill"
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title: "Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 584"
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citation: "Virginia HB 584 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89fef1bc-099e-44e0-8d5d-51a7a99dcb8d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB584"
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source_hash: "6b310cb4ca2b139e355105f9eafb7c7f4e5522f388ef7ca2a8ff8a9d895acd1c"
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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 584 (2026) — Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report.
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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.
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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/1085058.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107763.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217814.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205552.HTML)
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5. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205548.PDF)
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6. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170660.PDF)
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7. **Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104849.HTML)
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8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108619.PDF)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213512.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Insist & Request R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **2–95** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101871D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
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- **2026-01-30** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-02** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
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- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108238D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Rasoul, Franklin, L.V., Ballard
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: Aird, Perry, Suetterlein
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- **2026-03-11** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB584ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB584)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)
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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/89fef1bc-099e-44e0-8d5d-51a7a99dcb8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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