republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination."
description: "Applications for teacher licensure by reciprocity;military spouses; timeline for determination. Requires the Boardof Education's licensure regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocityfor any spouse of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forcesof the United States or a member of the Virginia National Guard whohas obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials andwithout deficiencies, that is in force at the time the applicationfor a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education.Current law requires such regulations to provide for licensure byreciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forcesof the United States or the Commonwealth. The bill requires such anindividual to submit an official copy of the military permanent assignmentorders of the individual's spouse as part of the complete applicationpacket. The bill requires the Department to determine and communicatesuch individual's eligibility for licensure by reciprocity within15 business days of receipt of the complete application packet. Thisbill is identical to SB 154."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "Virginia HB 230 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3200287-67d0-4953-95fd-c1cab99dd725"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB230"
source_hash: "2843604c5f04f7e4282c82553c1accd32d0e1fc5ef6fb4dcc6992699f4dbe5fa"
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 230 (2022) — Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination.

Applications for teacher licensure by reciprocity;military spouses; timeline for determination. Requires the Boardof Education's licensure regulations to provide for licensure by reciprocityfor any spouse of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forcesof the United States or a member of the Virginia National Guard whohas obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials andwithout deficiencies, that is in force at the time the applicationfor a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education.Current law requires such regulations to provide for licensure byreciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forcesof the United States or the Commonwealth. The bill requires such anindividual to submit an official copy of the military permanent assignmentorders of the individual's spouse as part of the complete applicationpacket. The bill requires the Department to determine and communicatesuch individual's eligibility for licensure by reciprocity within15 business days of receipt of the complete application packet. Thisbill is identical to SB 154.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0546)
2. **HB230ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB230ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102411D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB230)

## Votes

- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102411D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB230)
- **2022-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health (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** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
- **2022-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB230ER)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (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/d3200287-67d0-4953-95fd-c1cab99dd725`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).