republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1022.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary school students, certain; excused absences."
description: "Certain public elementary and secondary school students; excused absences; attendance at pow wow. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, any student who is a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized tribal nation that is headquartered in the Commonwealth and who is absent from school to attend such tribal nation's pow wow gathering shall be granted one excused absence per academic year, provided that the parent of such student provides to the student's school advance notice of such absence in the manner required by the school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1022"
citation: "Virginia HB 1022 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecd48882-6e31-4afa-8210-23949b6b6934"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1022"
source_hash: "436b9284756c1caaa99a0bf1037ee86f3eac22ca608b61c90997fc3d2586be00"
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 1022 (2022) — Public elementary and secondary school students, certain; excused absences.

Certain public elementary and secondary school students; excused absences; attendance at pow wow. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, any student who is a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized tribal nation that is headquartered in the Commonwealth and who is absent from school to attend such tribal nation's pow wow gathering shall be granted one excused absence per academic year, provided that the parent of such student provides to the student's school advance notice of such absence in the manner required by the school.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0233)
2. **HB1022ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1022ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103817D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1022)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103817D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1022E)

## Votes

- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103817D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022)
- **2022-01-24** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB1022E
- **2022-02-03** Printed as engrossed 22103817D-E
- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022E)
- **2022-02-04** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecd48882-6e31-4afa-8210-23949b6b6934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).