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type: "Bill"
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title: "High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits."
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description: "High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits; certain substitutions permitted. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to permit any student to substitute the African American History course or the Advanced Placement African American Studies course for the World History I course or the World Geography course for the purpose of satisfying the history and social studies credit requirements, provided that (i) such a course is available to the student and (ii) the student is required to complete and receive a passing score on an applicable local alternative assessment or an equivalent Board-approved assessment, in order to satisfy history and social studies credit requirements for graduation. The bill directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill and to ensure that no student who makes such a substitution is required to earn a verified credit for the World History I or World Geography course in order to graduate. This bill is identical to HB 182."
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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: "SB 427"
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citation: "Virginia SB 427 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ade85f3-4f05-427a-8ea2-59f58fec4137"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB427"
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source_hash: "3e4bd69502800d498c95ee6c178eda6424fbbb335059edc1523a9237c0df6c5b"
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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 SB 427 (2026) — High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits.
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High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits; certain substitutions permitted. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to permit any student to substitute the African American History course or the Advanced Placement African American Studies course for the World History I course or the World Geography course for the purpose of satisfying the history and social studies credit requirements, provided that (i) such a course is available to the student and (ii) the student is required to complete and receive a passing score on an applicable local alternative assessment or an equivalent Board-approved assessment, in order to satisfy history and social studies credit requirements for graduation. The bill directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill and to ensure that no student who makes such a substitution is required to earn a verified credit for the World History I or World Geography course in order to graduate. This bill is identical to HB 182.
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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/1090239.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217446.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1192059.PDF)
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4. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104979.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105633.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209957.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Substitute R — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (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 26100585D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB427)
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- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB427)
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- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** House committee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26108310D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB427)
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB427ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB427)
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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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)
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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/1ade85f3-4f05-427a-8ea2-59f58fec4137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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