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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early Childhood Care and Education, Commission on; expands membership."
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description: "Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education; members. Expands from 31 to 32 the minimum number of members of the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education by adding one representative of the Department of Veterans Services to the nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1391."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2645"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2645 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da9b9bc-54e1-46fc-8600-f5fda9197c08"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2645"
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source_hash: "710aaa196ab5769acdcff5dee07d81669e7a86e571b5fefe4bec6753ff7aba04"
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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 2645 (2025) — Early Childhood Care and Education, Commission on; expands membership.
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Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education; members. Expands from 31 to 32 the minimum number of members of the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education by adding one representative of the Department of Veterans Services to the nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1391.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020087.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072428.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061212.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 25103855D `introduction`
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- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2645)
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- **2025-01-28** Referred from General Laws and referred to Education (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2645ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2645)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
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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/9da9b9bc-54e1-46fc-8600-f5fda9197c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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