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type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact."
description: "Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, the purpose of which is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of 10 state members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Virginia HB 253 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e102957a-dd55-483b-86f0-0e0975136b94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB253"
source_hash: "4b700d9f0652a209a5e0ec707c278f3d8294e4a4a1106da1aeffb0ddf2df2ebb"
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 253 (2026) — Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, the purpose of which is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of 10 state members.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083274.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216283.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208791.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103199D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB253)
- **2026-02-05** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB253)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e102957a-dd55-483b-86f0-0e0975136b94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).