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type: "Bill"
title: "Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education."
description: "Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher)License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeksa teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, topursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance withall of the requirements set forth in such regulation, thereby eliminatingthe prohibition against the pursuit of such a license for any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education. Thebill also clarifies that such required regulatory amendment createsan additional pathway to provisional license for an individual whoseeks a teaching endorsement in special education and does not supplantthe Provisional (Special Education) License option authorized pursuantto Board regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Virginia HB 269 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25433e28-b20a-46c0-9040-e01221e6254c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB269"
source_hash: "080aa7e9ef74cf70a830b98868ca6a7fc8ff9e301cd230673e3d2e2aa9d2b463"
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 269 (2024) — Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education.
Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher)License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeksa teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, topursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance withall of the requirements set forth in such regulation, thereby eliminatingthe prohibition against the pursuit of such a license for any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education. Thebill also clarifies that such required regulatory amendment createsan additional pathway to provisional license for an individual whoseeks a teaching endorsement in special education and does not supplantthe Provisional (Special Education) License option authorized pursuantto Board regulation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0183)
2. **HB269ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB269ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101388D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB269)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101388D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB269E)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101388D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB269)
- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB269E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24101388D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB269E)
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB269ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB269ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25433e28-b20a-46c0-9040-e01221e6254c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).