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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public schools; career and technical education credential."
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description: "Provides that the career and technical education credential, when required for high school graduation, adult education, or an alternative education plan, may be satisfied with the successful completion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Under current law, the successful completion of an industry certification, a state licensure examination, a national occupational competency assessment, or the Virginia workplace readiness skills assessment satisfies such credential."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1159"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1159 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746c39e7-d5df-44ff-a3d1-42e1558423e1"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1159"
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source_hash: "8a72496bb2a39afdcc8649e6277436f16e498abb76808021c1e04cccac9f2ca0"
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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 1159 (2017) — Public schools; career and technical education credential.
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Provides that the career and technical education credential, when required for high school graduation, adult education, or an alternative education plan, may be satisfied with the successful completion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Under current law, the successful completion of an industry certification, a state licensure examination, a national occupational competency assessment, or the Virginia workplace readiness skills assessment satisfies such credential.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0330)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1159ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1159ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104806D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1159S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100880D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1159)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100880D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104806D-S1
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1159S1
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
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- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 7/1/17) `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/746c39e7-d5df-44ff-a3d1-42e1558423e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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