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---
type: "Bill"
title: "School boards; divisionwide literacy plans."
description: "School boards; divisionwide literacy plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Virginia HB 2137 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b21eb8a-eaeb-4ef7-92c4-be694ff05016"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2137"
source_hash: "5e81f994a22be838c2eff2ed8be3c144c9d7cf87d9dce34ea2e639452d7830e8"
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 2137 (2023) — School boards; divisionwide literacy plans.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0124)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105942D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137H1)
3. **HB2137ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103666D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Delaney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103666D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2137)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105942D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105942D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2137H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB2137H1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2137ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 124 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b21eb8a-eaeb-4ef7-92c4-be694ff05016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).