republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-879.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members."
description: "Board of Education; membership; qualifications. Requires the nine-member Board of Education, all of whom are appointedby the Governor, to include at least one member with experience orexpertise in local government leadership or policymaking, at leastone member with experience or expertise in career and technical education,and at least one member with experience or expertise in early childhoodeducation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "Virginia HB 879 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de5f6525-341b-4204-8924-5b9241982995"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB879"
source_hash: "69bdd033361be9234cef18af980b5d183daf8063edfb0d2772722a9bfdc5d104"
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 879 (2022) — Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.

Board of Education; membership; qualifications. Requires the nine-member Board of Education, all of whom are appointedby the Governor, to include at least one member with experience orexpertise in local government leadership or policymaking, at leastone member with experience or expertise in career and technical education,and at least one member with experience or expertise in early childhoodeducation.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0770** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0770)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 22108160D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB879H1)
3. **HB879ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB879ER)
4. **HB879ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB879ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100654D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB879)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N) — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N) — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100654D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB879)
- **2022-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N)
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-07** 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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB879ER)
- **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
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 22108160D-H1
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 8-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB879ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 770 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de5f6525-341b-4204-8924-5b9241982995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).