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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards; employment verification, requirement."
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description: "School boards; employment verification; timing. Requires each school board to respond within 10 working days of receiving a request for employment verification of a former employee of the school board when such verification is sought by another school board. The bill defines working day as every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal state and federal holidays. This bill is identical to SB 441."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 355"
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citation: "Virginia HB 355 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bdbb9f-ac62-4c23-96af-d9cd7c9e6cbe"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB355"
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source_hash: "6b9b9f098951e93d9b1a02bee6f8164ace75d04ccb0be0856dc73f1ae2d445df"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 355 (2024) — School boards; employment verification, requirement.
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School boards; employment verification; timing. Requires each school board to respond within 10 working days of receiving a request for employment verification of a former employee of the school board when such verification is sought by another school board. The bill defines working day as every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal state and federal holidays. This bill is identical to SB 441.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0442** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0442)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105884D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB355H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107758D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB355S1)
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4. **Conference substitute printed 24108749D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB355H2)
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5. **HB355ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB355ER)
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6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104888D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB355)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — **1–98** (fail) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104888D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB355)
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-01-24** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-24** Committee substitute printed 24105884D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 24105884D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB355H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-30** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB355H1)
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-15** Committee substitute printed 24107758D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 24105884D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB355S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Senate substitute rejected by House 24105884D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-02-23** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** House acceded to request
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- **2024-02-28** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-02-28** Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Durant
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- **2024-02-28** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-02-28** Delegates: Cole, Simonds, Coyner
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- **2024-03-04** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-04** Conference substitute printed 24108749D-H2
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- **2024-03-04** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-05** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB355ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1bdbb9f-ac62-4c23-96af-d9cd7c9e6cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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