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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public school teacher licensure requirement; comprehensive review of alt. licensure pathway, report."
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description: "Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a stakeholder work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the alternative licensure pathways, as that term is defined in the bill, available to public school teachers in the Commonwealth and make recommendations on improving the quality, efficacy, and outcomes of such alternative licensure pathways. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health (i) by October 1, 2026, an interim report on the preliminary findings and initial recommendations of the work group and (ii) by October 1, 2027, a final report on the findings and recommendations of the work group."
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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 450"
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citation: "Virginia SB 450 (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: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f31829-5499-461c-9794-222de798adc0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB450"
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source_hash: "9425a5d47ff6197a3b7733da5161783f2d3dc946ebd61da7a1a03abcb910a47f"
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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 450 (2026) — Public school teacher licensure requirement; comprehensive review of alt. licensure pathway, report.
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Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a stakeholder work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the alternative licensure pathways, as that term is defined in the bill, available to public school teachers in the Commonwealth and make recommendations on improving the quality, efficacy, and outcomes of such alternative licensure pathways. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health (i) by October 1, 2026, an interim report on the preliminary findings and initial recommendations of the work group and (ii) by October 1, 2027, a final report on the findings and recommendations of the work group.
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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/1090307.PDF)
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2. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139511.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211977.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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- Margaret A. Franklin — 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 26103778D `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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- **2026-01-29** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rules (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
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- **2026-02-06** Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107566D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450)
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB450ER) `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 (SB450)
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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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 891 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/74f31829-5499-461c-9794-222de798adc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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