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type: "Bill"
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title: "Length of school term; waiver for evacuation."
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description: "Requires the Board of Education to waive the requirement that school divisions provide additional teaching days or teaching hours to compensate for school closings resulting from an evacuation directed and compelled by the Governor for up to five teaching days. The bill provides that there shall be no proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund or the amount paid by a local governing body. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2124"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2124 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education", "Governor"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Glenn R. Davis"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f1dbfe-e20c-4779-a894-c66c7e61a25b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2124"
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source_hash: "79b4bae3e3456525b8eccb5fadc7c54a4af16b188c86badf4d7fabc70e5b7e70"
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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 2124 (2019) — Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
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Requires the Board of Education to waive the requirement that school divisions provide additional teaching days or teaching hours to compensate for school closings resulting from an evacuation directed and compelled by the Governor for up to five teaching days. The bill provides that there shall be no proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund or the amount paid by a local governing body. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0644)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0644)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2124AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2124)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2124ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2124ER)
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5. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105663D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2124H1)
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6. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102025D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2124)
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7. **House: Printed as engrossed 19105663D-EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2124EH1)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Glenn R. Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102025D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute from Education agreed to 19105663D-H1
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- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment from Appropriations agreed to
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2124EH1
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- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19105663D-EH1
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/19) `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/16f1dbfe-e20c-4779-a894-c66c7e61a25b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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