republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-236.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers' licenses, certain; Board of Education permitted to temporarily extend."
description: "Board of Education; authority to temporarily extend certain teachers' licenses; emergency. Permits the Board of Education to grant a two-year extension of the license of any individual licensed by the Board of Education pursuant to its statutory authority whose license expires on June 30, 2022, in order to provide the individual with sufficient additional time to complete the requirements for licensure or license renewal. The bill contains an emergency clause. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Virginia HB 236 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e6378b-5bfe-4f36-be1c-b3e7bd326c5e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB236"
source_hash: "a0b12afb5bc7f11947657af54db2c1811b83cb0a232f9c0828e5ba9fe51f2fd8"
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 236 (2022) — Teachers' licenses, certain; Board of Education permitted to temporarily extend.

Board of Education; authority to temporarily extend certain teachers' licenses; emergency. Permits the Board of Education to grant a two-year extension of the license of any individual licensed by the Board of Education pursuant to its statutory authority whose license expires on June 30, 2022, in order to provide the individual with sufficient additional time to complete the requirements for licensure or license renewal. The bill contains an emergency clause. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0104)
2. **HB236ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB236ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100993D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB236)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22100993D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB236E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100993D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB236)
- **2022-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB236E
- **2022-01-31** Printed as engrossed 22100993D-E
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB236E)
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Emergency clause added
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB236ER)
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 4/6/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13e6378b-5bfe-4f36-be1c-b3e7bd326c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).