republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1490.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School board members who are called to active duty; appointment of acting school board members."
description: "Requires each school board member who is relieved from the duties of his office by reason of engaging in the war service of the United States when called forth by the Governor or being called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States to submit to the school board a list of names of suitable persons to perform the duties of such office as acting school board member during the period in which the regular school board member is engaged in such war service or active duty, in which case the school board is required to consider appointing and may appoint an acting school board member from such list of names. If the school board does not make an appointment from such list, the school board shall notify the submitting member in writing of the rationale for its decision. The bill provides that during such period, the acting school board member shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights, and duties of the regular school board member for whom he is acting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1490"
citation: "Virginia HB 1490 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Armed Forces", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert G. Marshall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-14"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d30e0fe-2f65-429b-a9b9-69af1d6918b1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1490"
source_hash: "1c93b70e4c4089fab90fe191b211f98c576bea41a138e1dc6b93f57c673adf19"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1490 (2017) — School board members who are called to active duty; appointment of acting school board members.

Requires each school board member who is relieved from the duties of his office by reason of engaging in the war service of the United States when called forth by the Governor or being called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States to submit to the school board a list of names of suitable persons to perform the duties of such office as acting school board member during the period in which the regular school board member is engaged in such war service or active duty, in which case the school board is required to consider appointing and may appoint an acting school board member from such list of names. If the school board does not make an appointment from such list, the school board shall notify the submitting member in writing of the rationale for its decision. The bill provides that during such period, the acting school board member shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights, and duties of the regular school board member for whom he is acting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0508)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103235D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103235D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490E)
5. **Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105730D-S1 (Newman)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **8–7** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **13–8** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105730D-S1 — **61–38** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **26–14** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **63–36** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert G. Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103235D `introduction`
- **2016-12-14** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1490E
- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17103235D-E
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Floor substitute printed 17105730D-S1 (Newman)
- **2017-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-22** Substitute by Senator Newman agreed to 17105730D-S1
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1490S1
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105730D-S1 (61-Y 38-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 508 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d30e0fe-2f65-429b-a9b9-69af1d6918b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).